This stole was created for the exhibition « Tarsila do Amaral Painting modern Brazil » at the Musée du Luxembourg from October 9, 2024 to February 5, 2025
This shawl reiterates the motifs in the picture Manacá, painted in 1927. The vivid colours and the naïve style of this work of art are very typical of Tarsila do Amaral's work in general.
The printing and the making of this stole have been entrusted to a studio in Lyon which has, since 1890, carried on from generation to generation a tradition born in the 15th century : the manufacture of fine fabrics and printing on silk squares. In order to manify the vibrancy of the colours, and impart to them lightness, softness and delicacy, the motif is printed on a piece of pongee silk. As for luxury silk scarves, this stole is hemmed by hand. The craft of hand hemming, formerly quite widespread, in france, is today rare - only a few artists' studios continue to perpetuate this knowhow.
