{"id":26609,"date":"2015-10-08T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=26609"},"modified":"2015-10-29T10:10:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:10:26","slug":"marley-freeman-pop-up-vintage-textile-shop-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2015\/10\/08\/marley-freeman-pop-up-vintage-textile-shop-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"~MARLEY FREEMAN . . POP-UP VINTAGE TEXTILE SHOP – Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARLEY FREEMAN – ONE DAY ONLY !!
\nVINTAGE TEXTILE – POP-UP SHOP
\nMON OCT 5, 2015 \/ 4-8 PM
\nCLEOPATRA’S<\/a> – 110 MESEROLE AVE, GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN<\/p>\n

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\nMARLEY FREEMAN at the ‘shop’ . . . !!
\nmore info: on the artist & her textile collection<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nMarley’s brother, JORDAN FREEMAN.
\nthey grew up in LA, in a family of vintage textile collectors, headed by their dad.
\nthey have an archive of over 500 lbs of textiles – all kinds, included hand stitched items, vintage tatting & even some – quilts.
\nthe family runs ‘Archive Editions’ – which produces new ‘reproduction’ textiles from the designs.<\/p>\n

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\nthis is early, 1920s onward . . and most likely handmade even though it was hand ‘packaged’ for sale – prob later than it was made ??
\nmaybe for sale . . in the 40s or 50s, or even later, 70s . . in a thrift or junk or vintage shop ?
\nNote $5 ea. !!
\nit’s a bit of a mystery, but always fun to see original packaging.<\/p>\n

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\nbut, it’s beautiful.
\nup here in the North East, you can find this kind of tiny multi-pattern hand stitched ‘fanci-work’ work, tatting & done with a micro crochet hooks, among the old Scottish families, esp of Long Island, NY.
\nit was a handmade lace to attach to hand-made dresses \/ and borders of nightgowns.
\nthis is very art deco, 1930s .
\nprob made in the 20s or at the latest 30s, very Egyptian – influenced.
\nthis was the era when they were discovering Egyptian tombs, and opening them up.<\/p>\n

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\nit seems to made of a ‘bleached’ yarn, as opposed, to the more sepia-tinted hues of older raw, unprocessed linen . . crochet\/tatting thread \/ aka ‘twist’ – dating at least, as far back as the American Revolution.<\/p>\n

all vintage hand-stitching, including quilt repair, and vintage textile collecting in general, is a GREAT, BIG, MERRY FEAST – for any & all history buffs . . who love to un-ravel – a mystery !!
\nhand or needle skills, patterns & materials – will all eventually tell their own <\/strong> story, an unwinding of origin, and lifestyle, that extends well beyond . . ‘what you see – is what you get’.
\njust like in painting, or the graphic arts – art deco . . is a major influence & social marker.<\/p>\n

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\nbefore I get carried away, this is PETER COFFIN . . . just back from his thin black moveable profile \/ sculpture show with BILL BRADY – out in KANSAS CITY. he said he had a great time with Bill, who wouldn’t ?
\nBILL is the coolest !!
\nand, he also told me bit of Brooklyn history – !!
\nthis storefront . . used to be ANDREW GUENTHER’S studio – before it was CLEOPATRA’S GALLERY !!<\/p>\n

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\nalso just back . .
\nfrom 10 years in BERLIN, DELIA GONZALEZ.
\nwell, actually she’s back almost 2 years, and she lives in the neighborhood, Greenpoint.
\nwe spoke a bit about the tragic passing DANIEL REICH, and how vibrant and cutting edge, his gallery was . . where Delia used showed her work, early to mid . . 2000s.
\nI still remember her . . amazing tribal, magical . . tiny cowrie shell head !!<\/p>\n

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\nBRIDGET DONAHUE, one of the 4 curators of CLEOPATRA’S.
\nand to-night, the designated person with the . . small white sq – for credit cards !!
\nand, if you’ve been to any kind of pop-up, you know what I mean !! <\/p>\n

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\nthis is another example of hand-made lace – made to adorn the hand-made clothing of the turn of the century, even into the 30s, 40s. you can see the ‘outline’ of a clothing shape, e.g. the cut-out for the neck – in the remnant.
\nit was prob an Edwardian or Victorian woman’s blouse.<\/p>\n

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\nfrom the coarser or more heavy-duty quality of the cloth, and the from the simpler stitching, but ‘magical’ pattern, it’s my guess, this piece is earlier than the piece detailed above.
\nbut, there’s no point getting all gnarly, & lost in the history, it’s effect is prob even dynamic & bold, spiritual – even still.
\nesp to fans of ‘authentic’ hand-made retro Americana. hello Japan.<\/p>\n

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\nMarley brought a broad range of vintage textiles, the majority of which in fact – were not – women’s hand-stitched \/ handiwork.
\nthis was a set of 6 different, commercially printed ‘cocktail’ or bar . . napkins – from the 50s, or 60s !!
\nquelle fun !! I’m so into vintage cartoons. 6 different images from $40 in mint condition, and so funny ?
\nand plus my kid’s name is THEO – the same as the artist.
\nbring on that . . . small digital white cube.
\nca-ching.<\/p>\n

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\nthis must date back to the time of . . MAD MEN, if not sooner.
\nwhen ‘stylish’ people could laugh about – bad behavior !!<\/p>\n

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\nan equal opportunity . . joker !!
\nfrom back when it was ok to make fun of both NYC, and the far east !!
\nif the average American suburban Joe Schmoe . . had his party-on \/ double life issues, so apparently – did the high flying harem juggling, Sultan . .
\nit was a big time for . . jokes, that’s for sure. an era – long gone.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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