Tuesday, July 8, 2008

l'art textile et la toilette du ancien régime

Grubber Alain, Ancien Régime 1795, Exposition Catalogue (Abegg-Stiftung Riggisberg, 1989)

The University of Victoria, my Alma Matter, has a stupendously under-rated library. Between classes I would wander the three floors and discover dusty, leather-bound gems. One such gem is the exposition catalogue for a mysterious textile show from 1989. Although I haven't looked very hard, I can't seem to figure out where the show was held. It also doesn't help that the tiny book is written solely in French and German. My translation skills are fledgling in the former, and non-existent in the latter.

Luckily, the full colour pictures make up for any textual loss:

I hope to use these at some point in my drawings, or an embroidery. I don't know yet!

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