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when I think about the ultimate in glorious hand blocked textiles-I think HAZELTON HOUSE.
Fabrics designs dating from the 1830's to the 1920's-the library of Hazelton House is second to none in HAND BLOCKED patterns. A documented colourway and several other colour ranges are a part of the Hazelton House tradition. Mostly, I prefer the hand blocked prints on cotton, but they are available in linen as well. The use of original wood blocks is a labour intensive process, one that only experienced craftsmen can render.
Each “fall on” (the application of one color at a time in overlapping layers) adds a soft nuance and color gradation to the whole, producing a three-dimensional result that cannot be achieved with any other type of printing.
One of the finest Hand Block designs in the collection, “Homage to Rose Cumming”, a Dutch bouquet design with a 50 inch repeat, is printed using a set of 168 blocks and 21 dye colors. Depending on the skill of the printer, it is produced at a rate of about 15 meters per week.
The original pattern of Dutch bouquet of roses, peonies, tulips, fuchsia, along with other flowers and foliage is named for the doyenne of decorating-Rose Cumming. Rose began importing chintz and silks from Paris & London in 1917 and selling them in her legendary New York shop. Hazelton House does the pattern in a screen print as well and calls it Anne Dorothea & Anne- Cienne.
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a favourite of mine-in BLUE-is Tribute to John Fowler. The 72 blocks required to print Tribute were engraved in 1926. John Fowler- whose enduring influence over design is undisputed- was known for his boldly scaled fabrics and papers that revived the English interior.
Chinese Vase- another hand block-using 76 blocks features a hidden Chinese vase overflowing with English garden flowers in bold saturated colour. The original document is from 1860.
Rose Carol an 1860 interpretation of Louis XV flower gardens- that were once described as Gardens in which Art improves upon Nature. Rose Carol, a hand block, is a stylized architectural trellis- with flowers and a pair of songbirds.
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Hazelton House boasts 17 hand blocked fabrics and 17 screen prints-Go see the other patterns here.
I hope you love them-as much as I do.
HAZELTON HOUSE is available to the trade only-
.
read more about HAND BLOCKING here
all fabric images are courtesy of HAZELTON HOUSE-Please inquire before using these images.
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when I think about the ultimate in glorious hand blocked textiles-I think HAZELTON HOUSE.
Fabrics designs dating from the 1830's to the 1920's-the library of Hazelton House is second to none in HAND BLOCKED patterns. A documented colourway and several other colour ranges are a part of the Hazelton House tradition. Mostly, I prefer the hand blocked prints on cotton, but they are available in linen as well. The use of original wood blocks is a labour intensive process, one that only experienced craftsmen can render.
Each “fall on” (the application of one color at a time in overlapping layers) adds a soft nuance and color gradation to the whole, producing a three-dimensional result that cannot be achieved with any other type of printing.
One of the finest Hand Block designs in the collection, “Homage to Rose Cumming”, a Dutch bouquet design with a 50 inch repeat, is printed using a set of 168 blocks and 21 dye colors. Depending on the skill of the printer, it is produced at a rate of about 15 meters per week.
The original pattern of Dutch bouquet of roses, peonies, tulips, fuchsia, along with other flowers and foliage is named for the doyenne of decorating-Rose Cumming. Rose began importing chintz and silks from Paris & London in 1917 and selling them in her legendary New York shop. Hazelton House does the pattern in a screen print as well and calls it Anne Dorothea & Anne- Cienne.
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a favourite of mine-in BLUE-is Tribute to John Fowler. The 72 blocks required to print Tribute were engraved in 1926. John Fowler- whose enduring influence over design is undisputed- was known for his boldly scaled fabrics and papers that revived the English interior.
Chinese Vase- another hand block-using 76 blocks features a hidden Chinese vase overflowing with English garden flowers in bold saturated colour. The original document is from 1860.
Rose Carol an 1860 interpretation of Louis XV flower gardens- that were once described as Gardens in which Art improves upon Nature. Rose Carol, a hand block, is a stylized architectural trellis- with flowers and a pair of songbirds.
Hazelton House boasts 17 hand blocked fabrics and 17 screen prints-Go see the other patterns here.
I hope you love them-as much as I do.
HAZELTON HOUSE is available to the trade only-
.
read more about HAND BLOCKING here
all fabric images are courtesy of HAZELTON HOUSE-Please inquire before using these images.
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