Over the summer The Museum of Domestic Art and Arcitecture (MODA) in London, offered a rare opportunity for the public to view their exclusive collections… which include the work of the design house Silver Studios (1880-1963), Crown wallpapers’ archive, vintage textiles and selections of vintage magazines and journals. The MODA collection includes lots of other goodies, but I was particularly taken with the vintage hand cut, Japanese Katagami mulberry paper stencils used in making indigo dyed fabric for kimonos.
Here is a flavour of the day.
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| Large tables for viewing the collections |
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| MODA Archive |
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| MODA Archive |
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| MODA Archive |
Hand cut, Japanese Katagami mulberry paper stencils
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| They are so fine |
Here are a few pages from the wonderfully colourful vintage magazines in the collection
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| Had to share this! |