EuroWeb Book Corner – Paul Gout’s 157 colours
In the seventh edition of the “EuroWeb Book Corner” we are pleased to welcome Dominique Cardon (FR) who will be presenting the recent book “Les 157 couleurs de Paul Gout/ Paul Gout’s 157 colours” (Dominique Cardon & Iris Brémaud), published by Les Mots Qui Portent (2023).
Synopsis from the publisher:
«This bilingual French-English book, restores for the first time the totality of the colours materialized by samples of dyed woollen cloth appearing in a manuscript entitled « Mémoires de teinture », completed probably in 1763 by Paul Gout, director and master dyer of the Royal Manufacture of fine woollen cloths of Bize, in Languedoc. This important factory exported – mainly to the Échelles du Levant – up to 2,750 pieces of cloth in 1764, corresponding to more than 52 km of fabric, dyed in lightfast and washable colours.
The sample dyers’ manuscripts are invaluable. They make it possible to follow the evolution of the art of dyeing and of the chromatic characteristics corresponding to the names of colours in Europe over the two centuries preceding the replacement of natural dyes by synthetic dyes in the textile industry. They thus offer original sources of inspiration and creation, as part of a new eco-responsible approach to the textile and fashion industries.
Dominique Cardon is continuing her work to promote the know-how of dyers of past centuries and their virtuosity in creating natural colours, by translating their dyeing processes into practical recipes that can be applied today, illustrated with samples. She has thus initiated a series entitled Couleurs d’autrefois pour verdir notre monde.»
(Les Mots Qui Portent – https://www.lesmotsquiportent.fr/boutique-les-mots-qui-portent/paul-gouts-157-colours/)
Learn more about this colourful and insightful book which adds to a growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship on historical and traditional textile dyes, and pose all your questions to our speaker in the final Q&A session of our “Book Corner” on the 13th of February 2023, at 16:00 (CET). Registration is available here.
In the seventh edition of the “EuroWeb Book Corner” we are pleased to welcome Dominique Cardon (FR) who will be presenting the recent book “Les 157 couleurs de Paul Gout/ Paul Gout’s 157 colours” (Dominique Cardon & Iris Brémaud), published by Les Mots Qui Portent (2023).
Synopsis from the publisher:
«This bilingual French-English book, restores for the first time the totality of the colours materialized by samples of dyed woollen cloth appearing in a manuscript entitled « Mémoires de teinture », completed probably in 1763 by Paul Gout, director and master dyer of the Royal Manufacture of fine woollen cloths of Bize, in Languedoc. This important factory exported – mainly to the Échelles du Levant – up to 2,750 pieces of cloth in 1764, corresponding to more than 52 km of fabric, dyed in lightfast and washable colours.
The sample dyers’ manuscripts are invaluable. They make it possible to follow the evolution of the art of dyeing and of the chromatic characteristics corresponding to the names of colours in Europe over the two centuries preceding the replacement of natural dyes by synthetic dyes in the textile industry. They thus offer original sources of inspiration and creation, as part of a new eco-responsible approach to the textile and fashion industries.
Dominique Cardon is continuing her work to promote the know-how of dyers of past centuries and their virtuosity in creating natural colours, by translating their dyeing processes into practical recipes that can be applied today, illustrated with samples. She has thus initiated a series entitled Couleurs d’autrefois pour verdir notre monde.»
(Les Mots Qui Portent – https://www.lesmotsquiportent.fr/boutique-les-mots-qui-portent/paul-gouts-157-colours/)
Learn more about this colourful and insightful book which adds to a growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship on historical and traditional textile dyes, and pose all your questions to our speaker in the final Q&A session of our “Book Corner” on the 13th of February 2023, at 16:00 (CET). Registration is available here.