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year 1980
material leather, metal, stone, textile
source title Andrée Putman: A Designer Apart
info Photo 1: Cabin trunks in the manner of antique Spanish travel trunks; hanging rails in bent corroded metal and medal-bronze. Photo 2: Detail of cabin trunks: panel of corroded metal and a pattern of polished brass round-head studs on a “faux noir” leather ground. At center, a passementerie tassel with red braided skirt and gold mesh. Inside, compartments lined in red velvet for accessories. Photo 3: Fitting room. Tradition, playfully subverted, as a wink to couture. Curtains in pattern canvas (toile) with tiebacks of large red passementerie tassels. On the arched, beveled mirror: a “flame” wall sconce in curved medal-bronze metal. X-frame stool in corroded metal with a red velvet piped cushion. Rug in riveted stage canvas. Photo 4: The gallery. Spanish austerity in pared-back volumes of staff and plaster. Floor of large Comblanchien slabs with black cabochons, edged by plain bands—preserving the existing floor created at Cristóbal Balenciaga’s request in 1938. Furniture in Cordovan leather “faux noir,” with gilt nailhead trim and corroded metal; red velvet and passementerie. Metal light fixtures recall Andalusian ironwork.
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year 1980
material leather, metal, stone, textile
source title Andrée Putman: A Designer Apart
info Photo 1: Cabin trunks in the manner of antique Spanish travel trunks; hanging rails in bent corroded metal and medal-bronze. Photo 2: Detail of cabin trunks: panel of corroded metal and a pattern of polished brass round-head studs on a “faux noir” leather ground. At center, a passementerie tassel with red braided skirt and gold mesh. Inside, compartments lined in red velvet for accessories. Photo 3: Fitting room. Tradition, playfully subverted, as a wink to couture. Curtains in pattern canvas (toile) with tiebacks of large red passementerie tassels. On the arched, beveled mirror: a “flame” wall sconce in curved medal-bronze metal. X-frame stool in corroded metal with a red velvet piped cushion. Rug in riveted stage canvas. Photo 4: The gallery. Spanish austerity in pared-back volumes of staff and plaster. Floor of large Comblanchien slabs with black cabochons, edged by plain bands—preserving the existing floor created at Cristóbal Balenciaga’s request in 1938. Furniture in Cordovan leather “faux noir,” with gilt nailhead trim and corroded metal; red velvet and passementerie. Metal light fixtures recall Andalusian ironwork.
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