Soon I'll be taking a closer look at
Lisa Fine's new hand-printed fabrics, including
Lahore pictured above.
[Fragonard's oil on canvas of Madame Recamier (1777–1849) via Sotheby's.]
Although her elongated
paisley design was inspired by a cashmere shawl she spied in a painting, the golden Indian one draped around Madame Recamier is not it. I'm posting this Fragonard portrait as a reminder to check out
part three of Rosemary Crill's Cotton Road podcast. In the final installment, Crill talks about the Western heyday of finely woven Kashmir shawls -- the period when alluring women such as Recamier,
Emma Hamilton (Admiral Nelson's mistress) and
Empress Josephine paired them with airy
muslin dresses.
Related past posts:
Kashmir to Paris
Cashmere Guru Monique Levis-Strauss
Steely Mags
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