The 2016 edition of “Tombée de Métier” presents the latest creations upholstery, carpets and lace created by 15 artists from very different backgrounds: André-Pierre Arnal, Michel Aubry, Albert Ayme, Erik Bulatov, Daniel Chompré, Stephen Craig, Sheila Hicks, and other talented artist. The exhibition also aims to show the vitality, inventiveness, diversity of textile know-how on the one hand and enhance the creative process, on the other.
The identity of the Mobilier National Textile factories is essentially defined by its manufacturing modes: High smooth tapestry of Gobelins, low-warp tapestry manufactory Beauvais, lockstitch carpet factory for Soaps, lace Needle Workshop Alencon, bobbin lace of Puy workshop.
All these textile know-how, since Louis XIV, serve the eyes of contemporary artists. Generation after generation of new designers provide models where are born the works that contribute to renew the genre and deploy the potential of traditional techniques perpetuated by the manufactures. It is through this that the textile art continues to reinvent while remaining true to itself.
The exhibition will be available from October 20, 2016 to January 4, 2017 at the Galerie des Gobelins, Paris.
