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French Textile Designs: 19th & 20th Century Gouache On Paper
FRENCH TEXTILE DESIGNS: 20th century gouache on paper presents over ninety gouache designs for textiles and decorative arts, each one innovative in its use of geometry, palette, pattern repetition, and global scope of symbolism and references.
Among the artists and designers are Atelier Tony-Pichon (1891-1962), Maurice Leonard (1899-1971), Emile Didier (Lyon, 1890- 1965), the Ecole Lyonnaise, as well as seventy works produced by the Parisian atelier of Arthur Litt (1905-1961), which was a leading contributor to the textile and tapestry design industry from the 1920s until World War II. Painted in gouache on paper, these designs propose a range of fabric patterns 鈥� from Lyonnais jacquard and brocade to chintz, fleur-de-lis, gingham, and the inventive, abstract designs of Atelier Litt.
Several gouache designs for decorative arts illuminate a shared attraction to pattern and palette in modern France, such as designs for S猫vres porcelain by Anne-Marie Fontaine (d. 1940), and jewelry designs by Andr茅e Legrand (Paris, active c. 1910-1930s) and the Parisian atelier of Paul and Raymond Templier (1891-1968), all c. 1930.
A 19th century French sample album, Calques Cachemires (Cashmere Designs) contains swatches of fabric mounted on paper and bound as a book. Such a portfolio both demonstrated the designer's knowledge of their craft and enabled portability of these floral b奴峁� 鈥� or paisley 鈥� designs for promotion.
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FRENCH TEXTILE DESIGNS: 20th century gouache on paper presents over ninety gouache designs for textiles and decorative arts, each one innovative in its use of geometry, palette, pattern repetition, and global scope of symbolism and references.
Among the artists and designers are Atelier Tony-Pichon (1891-1962), Maurice Leonard (1899-1971), Emile Didier (Lyon, 1890- 1965), the Ecole Lyonnaise, as well as seventy works produced by the Parisian atelier of Arthur Litt (1905-1961), which was a leading contributor to the textile and tapestry design industry from the 1920s until World War II. Painted in gouache on paper, these designs propose a range of fabric patterns 鈥� from Lyonnais jacquard and brocade to chintz, fleur-de-lis, gingham, and the inventive, abstract designs of Atelier Litt.
Several gouache designs for decorative arts illuminate a shared attraction to pattern and palette in modern France, such as designs for S猫vres porcelain by Anne-Marie Fontaine (d. 1940), and jewelry designs by Andr茅e Legrand (Paris, active c. 1910-1930s) and the Parisian atelier of Paul and Raymond Templier (1891-1968), all c. 1930.
A 19th century French sample album, Calques Cachemires (Cashmere Designs) contains swatches of fabric mounted on paper and bound as a book. Such a portfolio both demonstrated the designer's knowledge of their craft and enabled portability of these floral b奴峁� 鈥� or paisley 鈥� designs for promotion.
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