Prelle Manufacture, silk fabrics since 1752

Until Avril 30th 2010, 5 Place des victoires

Fabric at the time of Louis XIV: brocade of gold, silver and silk of the king bedroom in Versailles with the embroideries flowered of the paramentique

This exhibit presents a set of our more beautiful documents of Louis XIV period and reproductions of 19th and 20th centuries. We thus expose the splendid brocade of gold and money of the room of the king Louis XIV to Versailles. Thanks to the loan of the Mobilier National, we recall the history of the drawing and this command.

With the support of partners, we can admire several documents embroidered by the Visitandines just as of sublimes masterpieces.

Last October’s International Fine Art & Antique Dealers show in New York

2009’s Last Stand (Or the Fine Art and Antiques Booth to Beat in 2010) by Andrew Myers - January 14, 2010 - The Faster Times

[.....]But the stand I think back to most often is Maison Gerard’s at last October’s International Fine Art & Antique Dealers show in New York (pictured above and below). It wasn’t the most expensive, immediately jaw-dropping or intricate. It was considered, restrained, quietly revolutionary, pretty of course, and smart as hell. Maison Gerard is located in New York and specializes in French and American Art Deco furniture, objects and lighting.[.....]

At this year’s International, their stand was inspired by a post-war vanity by French furniture designer Jules Leleu once owned by the Countess Douieb de Lonlay. Around this piece (an exceptional and unique vanity, notes Drut), the two gallerists built an entire boudoir using other Leleu pieces from other commissions.[.....]

Lovely as the Leleu pieces are, the stand’s pièce de résistance was the two 120-inch-high by 57-inch-wide woven fabric panels depicting a pair of doors opening into another room. Inspired by a period photograph of an interior designed by Leleu in 1927, and reproduced in the 2008 book House of Leleu: Classic French Style for a Modern World, 1920-1973 by Françoise Sirex, the panels were commissioned by Maison Gerard from the legendary Lyon-based textile house Prelle—which in turn wove the panels on a brand new, state-of-the-art loom that was five years in the making.

To read more: The Faster Times:

From October 14 to January 24 2010, Wallace Collection, London

No Love Lost, Blue Paintings by Damien Hirst

The Wallace Collection accommodates an exhibit of 25 paintings of Damien Hirst. Their display in one of the most intimate museums of the world is quite significant. By contrast with the white walls of the contemporary art galleries, Damien Hirst chose an environment related to the great Masters, in the purest european tradition. The paintings are hung on background of blue silk Gourgouran moiré woven by Prelle.

Echo of this summer : "Ors et trésors des visitandines"