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...Veil the Starkness. Tapestry's new renaissance comes partly from a curiosity on the part of artists for new techniques, a new appreciation on the part of the public for textures and bold colors. But architecture, tapestry's first muse, seems to be most responsible. Says Jean Lurgat, 70, chairman of the International Tapestry Center and leader of the new movement in weaving: ''The modern world needs these large ornamental tapestries, these colorful hangings, to veil, and at the same time to enrich, the sometimes exaggerated starkness of bare walls in contemporary architecture.'' Lurgat...
...Lurgat's work is done at Aubusson on the river Creuse, the waters of which, unlike most other rivers in France, are free from calcium and perfect for dyeing wool. Dyeing sheds, with skeins of wool in every shade and color hanging outside to dry in the warm sun, cling to its banks. A more romantic reason for Aubusson's destiny is the fact that it lay in the heart of the troubadour country during the days when chivalry was in flower and found its grand expression in tapestry...
...Lurgat's most important contribution was the introduction of the numbered cartoon, a kind of full-scale plan on Bristol board that the weaver follows at the loom. Formerly weavers took considerable latitude with colors and even design, but in transferring Lurgat's fanciful designs to tapestry, they are given no margin at all. Each color area bears a number that corresponds to a number on a skein of wool, not unlike the popular "by the numbers" painting kits; the method gives Lurgat complete control over the finished product...
...Reds: Ivor Montagu, British film producer; Dr. Eugene Aubel, French chemist; Furio Diaz, mayor of Leghorn. Pinks: Jean Lurgat, French artist; Dr. Max Cosyns, a leading Belgian atomic scientist; Hans Erni, Swiss painter; Luigi Cacciatore, a leader of the Italian Socialist Party; Dr. Mario Montesi, Communal Councilor of Rome; Giuseppina Palumbo, Italian Socialist Senator; Professor Mario Oliviero Olivo, Italian specialist in anatomy and histology...