{"id":312,"date":"2018-01-16T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/16\/f-is-for-fortuny\/"},"modified":"2018-01-16T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:56:00","slug":"f-is-for-fortuny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/f-is-for-fortuny.html","title":{"rendered":"F is for Fortuny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMariano Fortuny<\/div>\n
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\nRecently, well known mystery writer Sue Grafton died at the
\nage of 77.  She titled her books with an
\nalphabetic device \u2013 \u201cA is for Alibi\u201d, for example.  I borrowed her idea for several of my blogs.  Today, 
\n\u201cF is for Fortuny\u201d.<\/div>\n
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\nSpanish-born textile and fashion designer Fortuny
\n(1871-1949) studied many of the arts: painting, sculpture and photography. His
\ninterest in the effects of lighting led to creating stage sets for opera and
\nthe theater.  Between 1901 and 1934 he
\nregistered more than 20 inventions for stage lighting systems and machinery for
\nthe production of textiles.<\/div>\n
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\nHis fascination with textiles came from his father\u2019s
\ncollection of fabrics-including samples of antique materials- and his mother\u2019s
\npreference for the textures and colors of Morocco.<\/div>\n
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\nAttuned to all aspects of fabric printing he produced many
\nof his own dyes and stencils, never using the exact design and color palette
\ntwice.  Most of his work was
\nmonochromatic-the most notable exceptions were block-printed or stenciled designs
\nwith gilt or silver pigments.  His
\nmaterial of choice was silk because of its quality, texture and variety of
\nforms and his simple, classic designs were functional as well as
\nnon-restricting, which was far removed from the fitted gowns of his contemporaries.  <\/div>\n
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\nWith doubt his most famous design (1907) was the Delphos
\ndress, a simple, pleated, satin silk that he reproduced for over 40 years.  The finely pleated silk material was sewn in
\na cylindrical shape with holes for arms and head.  All dresses reached the floor, covering the feet.  An optional belt could be worn at the waist
\nor under the bust.  These dresses were
\nstored by being rolled lengthwise, twisted from both ends creating a coil and
\nplaced in a small hat box, which preserved the pleating.  He patented this pleating process in 1909,
\nbuilding a factory in 1922 which is still in operation today.<\/div>\n
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\n Similar in design are these lamps created by
\nAyala Serfaty in 1984. They were made of hand-dyed, custom crushed Indian silk
\nin a range of rich colors and neutrals and featured in an article \u201cLeading
\nLights\u201d by Polly Guerin in Art and Antiques magazine, June 2006.<\/div>\n
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Mariano Fortuny Recently, well known mystery writer Sue Grafton died at the age of 77.  She titled her books with an alphabetic device \u2013 \u201cA is for Alibi\u201d, for example.  I borrowed her idea for several of my blogs.  Today,  \u201cF is for Fortuny\u201d. Spanish-born textile and fashion designer Fortuny (1871-1949) studied many of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}