EMBROIDERY, A ROYAL ORNAMENTATION

SOURCES OF INSPIRATION: TRADITIONAL SYMBOLS AND ARAB CALLIGRAPHY

In Rois d'Afrique ("Kings of Africa") by Daniel Lainé, 2000 (ed. Arthaud) / zoom

A Mossi king ( Burkina Faso) 

Museum of Primal Arts, Paris

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Now, even everyday wear is often embroidered:

  Maison Iba                                              Une scène du 13e

           27 rue Richomme, La Goutte d'Or

Or it is festive. Most embroiderers adapt catalogue designs by using a machine...

Noor Textile

3 rue des Poissonniers

Atelier Diom Lamine

38 rue Cavé

Atelier Ngom

14 rue Ernestine

But Fadel (please read on) embroiders his own designs by hand: 

Exhibit Venise en fête at the Musée Cognac-Jay

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Plebeian prints gain their letters of nobility