Artist: Francoise Faconnet Year: 1963, 1970s, 1980, 1988, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2010 (as Dip Dye 90cm) From 1985 “How to Tie” (link deleted) From 1988 “How to Wear” “. . . is a fascinating interpretation of a 400-year-old celestial charting tool used by ancient astrologers to determine the relative positions of the sun and […]
Artist: Christine Henry Year: Fall 2013 Also avail in cash/silk 140cm Ref no: 2786 From 2013 booklet: The French capital of silk since the 16th century, three centuries after Lyon inaugurated a museum dedicated to textiles. Its collections stretch from the West to the East and down the centuries: Coptic tapestries, rugs from Asia Minor, […]
Artist: Hugo Grygkar Year: 1954 Suggestion: Check out Premieres Mains (2002) by Zoe Pauwels for another Hermes carre dealing with cave painting. From 1954 catalog: Text from the carre owner: “While exploring one long ago September day nearly 70 years ago in 1940, four French teenagers discovered a cave in southwestern France, that was to […]
