Adire African Textiles
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Fante Asafo Flag gallery returns

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Our gallery of Fante Asafo flags is back online here after some months hiatus. We now have a superb selection of genuine flags drawn in ...
Saturday, 13 February 2010

Indigo in West Africa – an introduction

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Dried balls of indigo on sale in the market at Segou, Mali, early C20th. Vintage postcard, circa 1910, authors collecti...
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Monday, 8 February 2010

Some more Ewe cloths….

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Details from Ewe484 – cli...
Monday, 1 February 2010

African Lace – forthcoming exhibition

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Advance notice of an interesting exhibition. From October 2010 to January 2011 the Ethnology Museum in Vienna will have a major exhibitio...
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Nigeria in Costume

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Some plates from “Nigeria in Costume” published by the Shell Company of Nigeria to mark Nigerian Independence in 1960 and with a foreword by...
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Friday, 1 January 2010

The African textile collection of the British Museum – now online

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The British Museum has one of the world’s largest and most important collections of textiles from sub-Saharan Africa numbering several thous...
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Asante kente “adwinasa” and some thoughts on our kente archive

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I have now posted online our archive of photographs of Asante kente cloths we have sold over the past ten years or so. Comprising 175 ima...
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Duncan Clarke
London
Adire African Textiles is a small London based gallery dedicated solely to exploring the vintage textile traditions of sub-Saharan Africa. We work with a network of partners throughout West Africa to source exceptional museum quality textiles for clients that include leading museums worldwide, private collectors, and interior designers.
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