Major thanks to the
WSJ's Off Duty editors for
letting me share my passion for border fabrics in this weekend's beautiful issue (I still can't believe they didn't cut my reference to a 70s-style elephant-border-printed pillow spotted in the movie
Rush -- the 1990s film, not last year's). Textile designers
Michael S. Smith,
Aleta Bartel-Orton,
Lulu de Kwiatkowski and
Zak Profera offer their viewpoints, too, so check it when you have a moment.
Next week, here on the blog, we'll explore antique and vintage examples. For now, an old favorite from
Doris Duke's collection. The exhibition,
Doris Duke's Shangri La is still traveling through the U.S. and will open at the
University of Michigan Museum of Art on January 25.
[Francis Frith
Musjid, Boorhaupore - From Frith Series
1822–1829
albumen print. UMMA.]
A show that Duke might have appreciated,
An Eye on the Empire: Photographs of Colonial India and Egypt, looks at how the burgeoning field of photography piqued Victorian curiosity about far off lands. This exhibition also opens at the UMMA, a bit later, on March 22.
7 comments:
Congratulations Courtney. I Facebooked and tweeted you. Bravo!
Thanks, Terry!
SO beautiful Doris Duke had some style I love Iksels for that same feel!!
Roost -- me too :)
Wonderful mix of the personal and inspirational in your essay. I confess to a similar interest in interiors in movies. I continually pause whenever I watch "Possession". Hardly a scene without a pattern or texture to capture the eye.
Thank you, Linda! Yes, Possession is filled with visual interest.
Thanks for this lovely post.
Sincerely,
The University of Michigan Museum of Art
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