“Over the years, artist’s materials

and tools develop their own beauty…”

Revealed

Gilded French chairs covered with

Carolyn Quartermaine’s Flowers Collection…

A jumble of 18th century shoes…

Marie Antoinette Style

Adrien Goetz

Silk brocade and gold thread bodice

late 18th century…

Augusta Auctions

French gold mesh ribbon art…

densely woven gold-lame cloth

plump cabochon roses, layered buds…

19th century

Ebay  (sold for almost $400)

18th century French fabric and threads

Silk

“This silk, ordered by Ganoin, was ordered in 1779

for the winter furnishings of Marie-Antoinette’s

private apartments at Versailles. The panel in the

photograph is a Second Empire copy (c. 1859)

woven for the Empress Eugenie’s private

apartments in the Tuileries Palace”

Silk

Jacques Anquetil

“…she produces exquisite collages of fabrics, all of which

she has dyed and printed, gilded and distressed until they

look like beautiful scraps salvaged from a collection

of ancient ball gowns. She use papers too, printing them

in italic script or covering them in hand-drawn gilded scrolls

until they too look old and beautiful, like pages torn

from a private notebook.“

Carolyn Quartermaine Revealed

Kate Constable