M&O: russet, ochre, black and blush

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Richard Ginori

Maison & Objet January

Expormim

Taillardat

Maison de Vacances

Bertozzi

Vandra Rugs

not their best seller, I was told -

but definitely eye catching

& Tradition

No More Twist

a young textile design studio whose name will have you smiling if you remember 

The Tailor of Glouster

Ercuis & Raynaud

L'Atelier du Renard

embroidery on leather

Ungaro

Golran

slightly less subtle than in reality

Golran

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Color by Monet

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At Giverny, Monet's house and gardens.

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"La couleur est mon obsession quotidienne, ma joie et mon tourment."

Color is my daily obsession, my joy and torment.

When the undertaker draped Monet’s coffin with a black shroud in sign of mourning, statesman ,Georges Clemenceau, intervened saying,

 Pas de noir pour Monet, le noir n’est pas une couleur !

Not black for Monet, black is not a color !

He then went to the window, unfastened the old flowered chintz curtain with colors of perwinkles, forget-me-nots, and hydrangeas to spread it instead over the coffin of his close friend.

(as related by Alexandre Duval-Stalla in Claude Monet, Georges Clemenceau: Une histoire, deux caractères)

More on fabrics at St Tyl: The other side of fabrics: brocade vs. lampas

Intensity

passage L'Isle sur la Sorgue

Bull racing Arles