Architects of

Architects of Textiles, Wallpaper & Passementerie

Architects of

Architects of Textiles, Wallpaper & Passementerie

Architects of

Architects of Textiles, Wallpaper & Passementerie

Architects of

Architects of Textiles, Wallpaper & Passementerie

Walzin Chinoiserie

Provenance: Private Collection, Château de Walzin

Chinese wallpapers played an important part of the 18th Century fashion for oriental interiors, providing a rich and colourful setting for prized collections of oriental porcelain, silks, lacquer and other export wares brought over by the East India Companies. The papers were both printed and painted by hand on to art paper, using luscious colours such as malachite, azurite and the deep rich crimson of carmine. 

The Walzin Chinoiserie is known to have been part of the private collection of the 9th Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and may well have been used in the redecoration of Norfolk House, St James Square, London (1748-52).

Wallcovering

TEXTILES

Passementerie

​Tableaux Sceniques

Tableaux Sceniques…Watts1874…
The Democratisation of the Tapestry.

Tapestry is an ancient textile art which has been practised all over the world for thousands of years. Traditionally woven by hand on a loom it is the principle means of creating pictures through weaving.

By the early Middle Ages workshops throughout Europe were producing textile hangings, which were among the most prestigious art pieces owned by the well-to-do. When the idea was conceived of representing stories in these weavings, as opposed to decorative patterns, tapestry was launched on its own illustrious career in the figurative arts.