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| Tribal and Textile Art, New York 2008
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| Thursday, May 15, 2008
To those dealers who predicted a negative outcome, the opening evening of New York’s Tribal and Textile Fair on 14 May 2008 must have come as a pleasant surprise. The show got off to a good start, with a healthy crowd and a number of dealers reporting sales within the first few hours.
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| IMAGE DETAILS
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| 19th century Algerian flatweave. Andres Moraga, Berkeley, CA
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| Morris & Co: The World of William Morris
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| Thursday, May 01, 2008
Christchurch Art Gallery, in New Zealand, pays tribute to William Morris (1834-1896) in the exhibition ‘Morris & Co: The World of William Morris’, which runs until 29 June 2008. Drawn from the extensive collections at the Art Gallery of South Australia, this is the first major exhibition of Morris & Co. designs, textiles and furnishings ever to be seen in New Zealand.
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| ‘Blue’ at the Textile Museum, Washington
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| Thursday, May 01, 2008
Jenny Balfour-Paul reports from Washington DC: “Next time you pull on your jeans, recall their humble origins and their adventuresome history”, proclaims the first label in ‘Blue’, the Textile Museum’s excellent current exhibition of indigo-blue textiles (until 18 September 2008). The introductory exhibits are, of course, ‘Levis’. Despite the age gap, the latest trendy eco jeans, with recycled buttons and rivets, are just like the 1890s’ pair; and both were dyed with natural indigo.
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| Robbery at Dinolevi Antiques
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| Thursday, May 01, 2008
On 28 March 2008, burglars broke into Dinolevi Antiques, in Florence, and stole four tapestries, two rugs and the gallery’s tapestry catalogue.
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- Artefacts and Oliphants
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; "Image: 19th century Algerian flatweave. Andres Moraga, Berkeley, CA")
; "Image: Lily carpet (fragment), c.1900, Wilton, woven wool
104.5 x 200.0 cm
Morris & Company, London, Britain, 1861-1940
William Morris, designer, Britain, 1834-1896
Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, Wilton, Wiltshire, manufacturer.
Acquired 1993
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide")
; "Image: Hiroyuki Shindo, Shindigo Space 07 (detail), 2006. 'Shindigo shibori'-dyed cotton and hemp and Shindigo balls (polystyrene wrapped with hemp and dip-dyed). Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Joel Chester Fildes")
; "Image: ’The Story of David and Bathsheba’, Flemish, 2.59 x 2.30m (8’6” x 7’6”), 16th century.")
