Adire African Textiles
Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Sapeurs - A Short Documentary by GUINNESS (2014)

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Monday, 6 January 2014

New Exhibition in Saint Louis, Senegal

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If any of you are visiting the wonderful town of Saint-Louis this year please do take the time to see and support this important new inst...
Thursday, 2 January 2014

Happy New Year

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Monday, 9 December 2013

Hausa cloth workers in Kura, 2006.

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The famous indigo dye pits at the Kofar Mata gate in Kano may be the last few survivors in the city of what was once a massive local indu...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Cloth of the month: Two Kanuri women’s robes.

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The far north eastern corner of Nigeria and adjacent areas of Cameroun and Chad are today best known for Islamist insurgency but were once...
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Three early postcards from Benin.

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Vintage postcard, circa 1900, Benin Republic. Caption" Dahomey woman." Photographer Geo Wolber. Vintage postcard, before 1...
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...
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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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