Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Looking back at some exceptional Ewe cloths from our archive.
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As I look back on some of the more unusual and significant pieces from our archive of sold cloths I am struck once again by the diversity an...
Friday, 22 November 2013
A Baule Weaver, Ivory Coast, 1960s.
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Vintage postcard, postmarked 1969, showing a Baule or Dioula weaver in Côte D’Ivoire, wearing an indigo overdyed robe cloth and weaving a...
Friday, 15 November 2013
Some early images of Sierra Leone “country cloth” weavers, circa 1900.
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I recently bought the card above, a rare image published circa 1900, that I had not seen before (click the photos to enlarge.) It prompted...
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Monday, 11 November 2013
Hairstyles, Togo, circa 1900
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Vintage postcard, author’s collection.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
“Vanity Fair on Gifts” recommends Adire African Textiles…
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In the “Interiors” section of the UK edition, Jemima Khan recommends Adire African Textiles….
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Cloth of the month: a remarkable mixed pattern Ewe kente
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Ewe767 - Highly unusual cloth in which a master weaver has used a virtuoso display of complex and finely controlled supplementary weft flo...
Friday, 1 November 2013
Khoikhoi woman, circa 1900
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Vintage postcard, circa 1900. Angola, Khoikhoi or Khoisan woman.
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