Fragile or resistant, colorful or diaphanous, light as air or heavy brocade with gold threads. The object of all metamorphoses, fabric embodies an infinity of cultures, with ancestral and avant-garde know-how.
What makes a fabric? Difficult to say, as its richness is based on the quality of its threads, the depth of its colors, the choice of its weave or the splendor of its patterns. However, throughout the pages of this abundant work, in images and lighting, some of its multiple singularities emerge. From the fiber that constitutes it, to the dyeing, through its weaving and printing, its particularities emerge, nourishing the imagination and exceptional know-how, ancient or contemporary, of fashion designers and textile publishers. Picking up this beautiful book with its evocative feel is like being immediately projected into the fascinating world of textile material. A material of rare, then powerful, whose history accompanies that of humanity, and whose strength emanates from its colors, its patterns, the contrast, these textures and the know-how that it mobilizes. Softness of velvet, delicacy of silk, shine of brocade, subtlety of Jacquard, the fabric is at the same time a field of experimentation, technical and chromatic, and a source of inspiration for the greatest creators, whether in the field fashion or decorative arts.
Articulated around themes that overlap the major stages of textile creation and manufacturing – fibers, dyeing, weaving, printing – this book offers a shimmering initiation to the world of fabrics and their creator. Illustrated with more than 250 photographs of materials, colors and patterns from around the world, it offers a fascinating technical, historical, geographical and aesthetic panorama of traditional and contemporary textile creation. Silk or horsehair, shell byssus or glass thread, brocade, damask, jacquard, tweed, tartan, this beautiful book takes us from surprise to discovery.
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Tissus also reveals a number of works by the greatest creators, recognized in this field: Pierre Frey, Bracquenié, Tassinari and Châtel, Thévenon, Nobilis, Casamance, Canovas, Bouton-Renaud, Elitis, Métaphore, Fadini Borghi, Mariekko, Rubelli and even Lelièvre. A very complete and informative book for fabric enthusiasts.
Jean-Christophe Mary
E/P/A Editor. 288 pages. Beautiful Books.
