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The development of textiles as an art form between 1940 and 1976, and the extent of collaboration between artists and textile manufacturers at this time, is unrivalled in modern art history. Raoul Dufy was the first twentieth-century artist to become seriously and successfully involved in producing textile designs. His work influenced and encouraged many other artists and textile companies in Britain, on the Continent and in America. After the war this movement really flowered with the involvement of leading artists of the day: Picasso, Matisse, Moore, Nicholson, Warhol, Steinberg, to name a few...

Artists' Textiles 1940-1976 is an important and comprehensive survey of this art form in Britain and America. There are approximately 200 colour images, many of which have never been seen before, alongside specially commissioned photography. Major artists featured: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Saul Steinberg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Fernand Leger, Ben Nicholson, Andy Warhol.

The top artistic quality of Berber carpets has already been a source of inspiration to artists such as Paul Klee and Le Corbusier. This book links the motifs of Berber carpets to rock art symbols and artefacts created by the first human civilisations, demonstrating that Berber carpets employ the same rules when using symbols and shapes.

The Encyclopedia of Window Treatments is a must-have for anyone interested in home dcor. Cross-references help the reader navigate an abundance of traditional and modern designs. Visually compelling with more than 1,000 full-color illustrations and photos, the book presents hundreds of window treatments: draperies, curtains, shades, valances, swags and cascades, and blinds and shutters. Features n The most comprehensive collection of todays window treatment options in various configurations n More than 1,000 full-color illustrations and photographs n Visual glossary identifies various elements of window treatments n Offers complementary pillow and tabletop ideas throughout n Special section on measuring windows and estimating yardage n Problem/Solution guide presents ideas for challenging window configurations

La tapisserie d’Aubusson témoigne des heures de gloire d’une époque révolue et méconnue. Afin de réaliser une tapisserie, le lissier se sert d’un modèle peint ou dessiné sur un support. Ce modèle appelé « carton de tapisserie » constitue le motif à reproduire. Les figures, scènes et paysages qui furent réalisés au XIXe siècle par les peintres cartonniers rendent hommage à ces peintres discrètement disparus et à la vie des ateliers de tapisserie.

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L’histoire de la tapisserie. Les fleurs. Les scènes de chasse. Les oiseaux et les verdures. Les fables de La Fontaine. La basse-cour. Le médiéval. Les chinoiseries. Les bouquetières. Jardiniers et pêcheurs. Les scènes galantes et les lettres. Les angelots et les putti. La musique. Les oiseleurs. Les visages. Les tapis.

In the past hundred years or so, ‘chintz’ has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric. Its origins as a hand-drawn and dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. It explores in detail the background and development of this beautiful technique and looks at the use of chintzes in Europe from the early 17th century to the mid-19th century, first as bed-curtains and wall-hangings and later for popular men’s and women’s dress. The V&A’s collection, published for the first time in glorious colour and including close-up details, will interest interior designers, textiles students and those involved in fashion.

This lavish book presents the distinguished fabrics of Clarence House, one of the world’s most renowned textile houses, with inspiring applications for interiors.  For the past fifty years Clarence House, founded by Robin Roberts in 1961, has been infusing the textile industry with luxurious and inventive fabrics. From Mark Hampton to Robert Couturier to Charlotte Moss, interior designers have long relied on the firm’s superb fabrics to add just the right note to their decorating schemes. This book presents some of the most imaginative textiles available today and provides an array of inspirational fabric applications and ingenious choices for upholstering furniture, creating dreamy window treatments, and adding finishing touches such as tassels and other trims.  The heart of the book, however, illuminates Kazumi Yoshida's creative process and his ideas for use of fabrics in the home. Whether he is interpreting historical documents or drawing in the studio he is always concocting modernist abstractions, contemporary prints, or new interpretations of eighteenth-century patterns.     

About the Authors:  

Kazumi Yoshida has been the design director for Clarence House since 1981. Francois Halard is an acclaimed photographer who has contributed to numerous lifestyle publications and books. Jacopo Etro oversees Etro’s fabrics division and supervises the company’s Home Collection. Pierre-Alexis Dumas is the artistic director of Hermes. Bob Appelbaum is the president of Clarence House. Sabine Rothman is the style director of House Beautiful.

This richly illustrated book presents textiles and architecture of the Nile valley from the beginning of the Roman era until the early Islamic times. It contains over 13 essays from international experts about the architectonical context in which textiles were used, its technical specifications, decoration and the social status of those who wore textiles.
About the Author
Cacilia Fluck specialises in late antique art from Egypt. She works for the 'Skulpturensammlung und Museum fur Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen' in Berlin.

Nicholas Kniel and Timothy Wright teach their method of creating gorgeous ribbon flowers in this collection of illustrated, step-by-step lessons. With only a few yards of ribbon, you can make the perfect embellishment for any garment, home decor item, wedding party and more.

33 flowers provide a wide range of options for any craft or sewing project.
9 project ideas inspire you to create popular ribbon flower items, such as corsages, boutonnieres, French bulletin boards, bouquets and hair pins, or to design your very own creations.
10 techniques describe how to prepare ribbons for use and how to finish the final flower with clips, pins and stems.

With 30 brand new contemporary designs for modern window treatments and 26 updated illustrations, this revised and expanded fourth edition of The Curtain Design Directory offers even more ideas and solutions than ever before. Browse through the book and create your own beautiful window treatments, drawing inspiration from more than 400 hand-drawn black-and-white illustrations. This edition provides even more essential information; including a helpful window measuring sheet, detailed information about positioning fittings, how to determine the correct proportions for top treatments and estimating fabric quantities.

The Curtain Design Directory is the must-have handbook for every interior designer and curtain maker.
Описание: Provides 30 contemporary designs for modern window treatments and 26 illustrations. This book offers information about positioning fittings, how to determine correct proportions and estimating fabric quantities. It is aimed at interior designer and curtain maker.

- Real solutions for real windows
- A celebration of curtains in all their forms
- Specially commissioned photographs of curtains and window treatments
- Easy-to-read, clear format. Every picture has its own helpful explanation
- Useful tip boxes to solve practical problems
- Written by authors with direct, hands-on experience

This is a lavishly illustrated photographic book providing inspiration for a wide range of curtains and window treatments. From drawing rooms and dining rooms to bedrooms and bathrooms, from pelmets and valances to poles and shutters, this is a comprehensive look at a variety of styles and approaches that can be used in your home.

The settings are hugely varied too, from the classic English country house, to chic town houses and flats.

The photographs provide a context for the window treatments, showing how a particular style will work. It is arranged in four sections: room settings, window types, curtain styles and blinds and shutters. There are also detailed pictures, revealing the intricacies that go into achieving the look. Invaluable descriptions and tip boxes, explaining how to tackle the technical problems involved are included as are two comprehensive glossaries - one for the US and one for the UK.

Contents include:
Children's rooms
Dining rooms and kitchens
Pelmets
Swags and tails
Doors and French windows
Simple curtains and sheers"

Catherine Merrickand Rebecca Day run the well-known Merrick & Day curtain workroom, making curtains for interior designers. They run regular courses on curtain making and have distilled their years of knowledge into several authoritative books on curtain making, including the curtain maker's essential companion Encyclopaedia of Curtains and the stimulating Blinds, Curtains & Cushions.

Let there be...shade! This new and expanded edition of a Sunset bestseller breezes in like a breath of fresh air, with everything you need to know to create gorgeous curtains, draperies, shades, and valances.

Practical as well as inspirational, Curtains, Draperies & Shades guides you through the process of choosing fabric and hardware, provides easy-to-follow sewing instructions, and gives clear directions for installing your beautiful window treatments, from hanging curtains to rigging shades.

More than 100 projects help you select the right window treatments to dress up every room in the house. And new designer touches--from fanciful clips to edge details--will have your friends exclaiming, “ Wow, you made those? “

Features:

- New and expanded Sunset classic with more than 100 window treatments

- Updated format with fresh photography and step-by-step directions

- Covers the entire process: planning, measuring, sewing, and installation

- New section on designer details for tiebacks, cascades, swags, edge details, and embellishments

Curtains, Shades, Pillows & Covers is the one-stop reference guide to making every kind of soft furnishing for the home. Inspirational image galleries provide hundreds of ideas for fabric, shapes, design details, and more. Every category has practical workshops that give step-by-step instructions for techniques and items, plus essential troubleshooting, design advice, and professional tips. Also included is a review of window shapes and what options for covering them—taking into account needs such as privacy, light, etc. A special section, “Essential Techniques,” ensures readers that sewing expertise is at their fingertips when they need it.

Praise for Decorating with Carpets:
“No element in a room is as important as a carpet, and no firm has more beautiful, creative, and original carpets than Stark. Decorating with Carpets brilliantly showcases the full range of Stark floor coverings, offering inspiration and ideas to dream of — and to use. Stark carpets are in every one of my projects — and this sumptuously illustrated book shows why. Page after page of amazing carpets in superbly decorated rooms — years of inspiration. A must for every designer, architect, and aficionado of the best in interior design.” — Howard Slatkin

"Learn the luxe language of carpets — from Aubusson and Axminster to Savonnerie and dhurrie — in this lavish tribute to the largest, most expensive design element in many rooms." — House & Home

"Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation is truly a gem! This visually delightful book demonstrates the importance of carpets in the world of interior design. . . . This fabulous volume shouldn't be missed. Highly recommended to every designer and design aficionados!" — Mix and Chic

"Decorating with Carpets is a great resource on carpets with discussions on types, patterns and textures, but the hundreds of pages of beautiful spaces by renowned designers also make it a real treasure trove of interior design." — From the Right Bank

"Photos capture a range of delectably-decorated interiors, all done by top-notch designers. . . .  If you're like me and appreciate Stark for its notable history, then you will likely find this book a worthy addition to your library." — The Peak of Chic

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In decoration, a carpet’s influence is never outsized. In fact, more than any other element of a room, and as the largest and most expensive component of any design scheme, the effect a carpet has on a space is every bit as great as its size. Decorators have long recognized the importance of a fine carpet, its impact on the colours and textures of a space, its contribution to creating an atmosphere, its feel of luxury, and, with the best examples, its lasting value.

Despite their essential role as the bedrock of any design scheme, beautiful carpets have lived in the shadows of recognition. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation aims to change that oversight, tapping the extensive and remarkable archive of Stark Carpet for interior design’s greatest examples.

Over the course of its 75 years, Stark Carpet, the premier purveyor of carpets to the trade in the country, has worked with the each era’s most notable designers, from Billy Baldwin and Dorothy Draper to Sister Parish and Albert Hadley to Mark Hampton and Mario Buatta to contemporary leading lights such as Diamond Baratta, Victoria Hagan, Katie Ridder, and Stephen Gambrel. These designers offer imaginative solutions to practical problems ranging from the selection of appropriate carpeting for high-traffic areas, such as stairs and corridors, to using faux wild cat and fawn motifs to unify colour and design, and countless other challenges.

Carpets produced by Stark demonstrate decorating trends at their highest level. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation delves into types of carpets (Oriental, Aubusson, Savonnerie, Dhurrie, French velour, Moroccan, French Petit and Gros Point, Portuguese and Greek needlework, Axminster, Wilton, flatweave, hand-carved) and explores patterns (geometrics, florals, plaids, animal prints) and textures, illustrating all through the work of the most talented American designers. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation promises be the definitive book on carpet, a handsome, richly illustrated volume that, like its subject, captures great beauty and has timeless value.

About the Authors:

Heather Smith MacIsaac is a New York-based critic, editor, and writer. A long-time contributor to Elle Decor, House & Garden, and AD, she is the author of Vendome’s Lars Bolander’s Scandinavian Style and Katie Ridder Rooms.Ashley Stark is creative director of Stark Carpet, Inc.
Chad Stark is senior vice president of Stark Carpet, Inc.

Le but de ce livre est de faire découvrir le décor àtravers les siècles, depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’à la deuxième moitié du XIXesiècle. Les nombreux documents reproduits montrent les différentes formes dedécors dont on peut s’inspirer pour réaliser sa propre composition. Suivent desexplications techniques pour la réalisation du ou des décors tels que la prisede mesures, la confection des rideaux, la coupe des décors, la suspension dudécor et le métrage.

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Le décor dans l'Antiquité. Le Moyen-Age. De la Renaissance à Louis XIV. De la Régence à l'Empire. Le XIXe siècle. Le XXe siècle. Le décor drapé. La draperie à l'Antiquité. Les festons. Rideaux relevés à l'italienne. Les choux Storemarquise. Store vénitien. Rideau croisé. Le métrage. Les rideaux. Les têtes derideau. Les rideaux doublés. Pose de la passementerie. Bandeau et lambrequin.L’embrase. La suspension des décors. Le montage des tringles.