Panel
ca. 1925 (made)
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This silk crêpe panel with a central floral motif is woven in silver gilt. Michel Dubost designed it for the Atelier Ducharne in Paris about 1925. Gold and silver clothing was particularly fashionable after the Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the treasures of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. Ducharne was a silk merchant who decided to establish his own manufacturing business in 1920. He employed Dubost, a textile designer and teacher, to head his studio. This was situated in the bohemian artistic neighbourhood of Montmartre. The atelier trained young people with no previous experience in weaving. Dubost designed textiles for Atelier Ducharne for a decade, specialising in heavy fabrics with large-scale compositions.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk crêpe woven in silver gilt |
| Brief description | Panel of silk crêpe, designed by Michel Dubost for Atelier Ducharne, Paris, ca. 1925 |
| Physical description | Panel of pale grey silk crêpe with a large central stylised floral and foliate arrangement woven in silver gilt. A bold simple flower head is radiated by large bent leaves and above are three similar flower heads surrounded by leaves, some with decorative infills of small geometric motifs. Probably intended for a shawl. |
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| Summary | This silk crêpe panel with a central floral motif is woven in silver gilt. Michel Dubost designed it for the Atelier Ducharne in Paris about 1925. Gold and silver clothing was particularly fashionable after the Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the treasures of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. Ducharne was a silk merchant who decided to establish his own manufacturing business in 1920. He employed Dubost, a textile designer and teacher, to head his studio. This was situated in the bohemian artistic neighbourhood of Montmartre. The atelier trained young people with no previous experience in weaving. Dubost designed textiles for Atelier Ducharne for a decade, specialising in heavy fabrics with large-scale compositions. |
| Bibliographic reference | Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 35.
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| Accession number | T.321-1979 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2002 |
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