A closer look at one of the roses in the previous post:
I haven’t done any color correction here; just wanted you to see how the pattern was composed. Almost makes me wish I still had good contacts at the textile school…
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For the embroiderers and fabric folks…
Posted in Art and Craft, Backstory, museums, tagged antique textiles, close-ups, embroidery, fabric, how it's done, looms, macros, pink, Roses, silk, Skinner's silk, weaving, Wisteriahurst on 24 March, 2015| 1 Comment »
While we wait for the flowers outside
Posted in Art and Craft, Backstory, Fabric, tagged a long family line of jackdaws, amber, antique textiles, change, fur coat linings, gifts from an old trunk, pink, rose, satin, silk, Skinner's Silk and Satin on 23 March, 2015| Leave a Comment »
These blooms have kept their charm for a hundred years….
Thanks to the selvage on some of these fabrics, I even know where this was most likely made: Skinner’s Silk Mill, in Holyoke, MA. The next time I’m in the Pioneer Valley section of MA, I’ll have to visit Wisteriahurst and see what their archives have…
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