Adire African Textiles
Monday, 31 December 2012

Happy New Year

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Wednesday, 19 December 2012

A December afternoon in the shop….

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Moved some things around, hung up the robe ( an early example I am really excited about), took a few snap shots…
Friday, 14 December 2012

Cloth of the month: a unique embroidered Yoruba wrapper.

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AS435 - Unique women's wrapper skirt cloth hand sewn from early C20th aso oke woven with local hand spun indigo dyed cotton with weft ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012

African hats in Paris auction next week

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A fine collection of African hats will be auctioned at Drouot in Paris next Tuesday (18 December) by auctioneers Neret-Minet, Tessier ...
Monday, 3 December 2012

Hawa Ndiaye pour la préservation de la teinture en Mauritanie

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Hawa Ndiaye pour la préservation de la teinture en Mauritanie
Sunday, 18 November 2012

Two hand-coloured portraits, Senegal, early C20th.

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Thursday, 15 November 2012

Classic Hausa / Nupe robe image

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The “eight knives” embroidery style on an indigo robe. Undyed narrow strip cotton cloth turban. Rare vintage card, before 1910, author’s c...
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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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