As much as I love the 18th & 19th century French printed fabrics such as toiles, I am really drawn to woven textiles, be they heavy weight upholstery fabrics made from wool, hemp, silk or a mixture of fibres, or feather down-light wisps of fine silk dress brocade from the 1700 & 1800s. There is a bounty of texture and weight in woven textiles; brocades, damasks and tapestry woven fabrics catch the light beautifully, looking subtly different depending on the light in which they ar viewed. Here are a selection of the two types, a beautiful Art Nouveau wool & silk furnishing brocade, two deep blue Victorian era flax & silk furnishing brocades, a 19th century piece of wool & silk furnishing fabric in depest magenta & pale red, part of a huge, heavy wool Arts & Crafts chateau curtain panel, and 2 beautiful complex silk dress brocades dating to about 1750-80.
Gorgeous!! This is eye candy. They are so beautiful. Your blog is all about art, beauty, and the appreciation and honor of these lovely things. I love visiting you and coming back to feast again.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! This is eye candy. They are so beautiful. Your blog is all about art, beauty, and the appreciation and honor of these lovely things. I love visiting you and coming back to feast again.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phyllis, eye candy indeed! I do enjoy using the blog to share some of the wonderful textiles I come across, even if some of them only stay with me a little while, they are all logged and loved in my mind's Textile Museum! xx
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