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Lurgat’s work is done at Aubusson on the river Creuse, the waters of which, unlike most other rivers in France, are free from calcium and perfect for dyeing wool. Dyeing sheds, with skeins of ...
At Aubusson, Beauvais and the world-famous Gobelin tapestry works in Paris, descendants of the medieval masters still labored.
NAGOYA--A colossal tapestry from France depicting a scene from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece “Spirited Away” is on display at a special exhibition that opened on April 11.
The oldest tapestry maker in town, set up in the 17th century, St Jean’s stock room is a riot of colour, its shelves crammed with skeins of wool of every possible hue alongside multicoloured ...
In the living room of his New York City apartment, an early 18th-century verdure tapestry — inherited from his grandmother and made in Aubusson, a French town famed for its weaving — takes up ...
Jean Lurçat Jean LURCAT (1892-1966) "Le conscrit des cent villages" (poem by Louis Aragon) Aubusson wool tapestry by the TABARD workshop SAVE ARTWORK FOLLOW ARTIST OVERVIEW SIMILAR LOTS (111) LOT ...
The wool tapestry was woven by Pinton Freres of Aubusson, France, a center of tapestry manufacture since medieval times. The work is an example of the 20th-century renaissance of tapestry as an art ...
View Aubusson tapestry-upholstered salon suite (Circa 1930) By Leleu Jules; wool tapestry, upholstery; 33½ h × 85½ w × 42 d in 31 h × 34 w × 36 d in 85 × 217 × 107 cm 79 × 86 × 91 cm ; . Access more ...
Hand-woven in 1941 at Atelier Goubely in Aubusson, France, “The Woodcutters of Mormal” is one of 32 tapestries showcasing the evolution of the art form, beginning with a national effort to safeguard ...
View 18th Century, A very large Aubusson verdure tapestry, Depicting crane birds amidst abundant foliage in a country setting with a small rocky stream, incorporating several houses and a village ...
More than 25 colors of wool and 63 shades of polyester thread were used to match the blues, greens, reds, golds and browns in the wefts, the threads that carry the tapestry's color and design ...