Thursday, 24 December 2009

American Abstract Expressionist Pile Tapestries from the 1970s. Have they been bypassed by Art Historians? The Case of the Works of Theodorus Stamos

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Recently I have been consulted in order to provide information on a pile tapestry signed Stamos . The artist was of course already registere...
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Sunday, 20 December 2009

The Floor Experience of the Contemporary French Fashion Designer Christian Lacroix, or the Way to his 'Ideal Carpet': DRAG-IN-DRAG-ON

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In December 2009 the French courts refused the last proposal of a buyer for the purchase of the fashion house of Christian Lacroix. Even if ...
Sunday, 13 December 2009

The 1960s 'Prince of Prints' Rug Collection of Italian Fashion Designer Emilio Pucci

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We will finish this year with a series of lighter articles that will outline the creativity within carpet design in the second half of the t...
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Sunday, 6 December 2009

An Example of Ruhlmann's Style: The c1932 Dubly Drawing Room with a Sourzac Round Carpet. Part 3 of 3

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The c1932 Dubly Drawing Room with a Sourzac Round Carpet, Deco d'Aujourd'hui , Dec-Feb 1934. The Carpet Index Library After 1927 ...
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Sunday, 29 November 2009

Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann's Carpets and Rugs, Design and Designers: Henry Stephany, Maurice Picaud, Emile Gaudissard, Leon Voguet and Denise Sourzac. Part 2 of 3

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I will now answer some basic questions that will help you to understand Ruhlmann's works and methods. It will hopefully spare you a lot ...
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Thursday, 26 November 2009

Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann's Carpets: Biographical Notes and Basic Concepts in Rug Design. Part 1 of 3

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I had not planned to write about Ruhlmann's carpets in 2009, but the publication of an important book of over 500 pages on this major pe...
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Friday, 20 November 2009

Present day Common Shaggy Rugs: The Ground Level of Creativity and Cultural Recognition, or How to Duplicate Scandinavian Rya Research from Ritva Puotila and Gunilla Lagerhem-Ullberg without Limits

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If you look on the internet today for any cultural information concerning shaggy rugs, you will find an overwhelming number of commercial si...