Antique Toile de Jouy Pelmet: C1800 Mulhouse, France 1920s costume designed and handmade using 18th

designed and handmade using 18th century (damaged) eclesiastical silk brocades

Produced as a screen printed textile for Liberty’s in the post war years when there was a growing interest in modernism

These pieces have all the idiosyncrasies of an aged and loved piece of cloth so small marks

We believe the narrow embroidered strips that the bag has been made from were taken from earlier

This unique coat can be dressed up or down and would be great for a special occasion

Antique Toile de Jouy Pelmet: C1800 Mulhouse, France 1920s costume designed and handmade using 18thAn unusual and fine 19th century Toile de Jouy pelmet from Mulhouse, France. Manufactured by Koechlin with a form of stipples engraving invented by Zipelius (my thanks to Christopher Moore for this valuable information) Made in the popular chinoiserie style and very much a European ideal and depiction of oriental people and style. Printed in pinks and reds this toile is alive with fantastical exotic birds, acrobats, dancers and processions of