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Weaver, Designer, Founder Of Larsen Fabrics — Jack Lenor Larsen Has Died Of Natural Causes


December 23, 2020
Jack Lenor Larsen
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. December 22, 2020 Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack Lenor Larsen was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists throughout his eventful and gratifying 93 years. He died peacefully on the evening of December 22, 2020, of natural causes in East Hampton, N.Y., at LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre garden and arts center that is his legacy.  Larsen’s, companion of more than 30 years, Peter Olsen, was at his side.
A memorial service will be announced in the near future.
For those who wish to honor Larsen, he would appreciate nothing more than a contribution to the Jack Lenor Larsen Endowment Fund, established to support the maintenance of and programming at his beloved LongHouse Reserve. ....

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The story of Sheila Bridges' 'Harlem Toile'


Monday 14 December 2020
From a distance, the American decorator Sheila Bridges’ ‘Harlem Toile de Jouy’ looks like any other historic toile, with its colourful ground, delicate pastoral vignettes and 18th-century costume. Close up, though, it becomes clear that the design is something special. A pattern that embraces the codes of this traditional French design, first popularised in the late 18th-century, but whose figures – at joyful leisure dancing, picnicking and playing double dutch – are African American.
‘As an African American living in Harlem, I have always been intrigued and inspired by the historical narrative of the decorative arts, especially traditional French toile with its pastoral motifs from the late 1700s,’ Sheila says. ‘I’m entertained by the stories these patterns tell and the questions they sometimes raise. But after searching for many years for the perfect toile for my own home, I decided that it quite simply didn’t exist.’ ....

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