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Tapestry Collection 2019 Introducing Signare Signare is a vibrant British lifestyle brand. We design, manufacture and distribute stylish fashion bags and home furnishings featuring distinctly individual patterns. 29483 The value of the brand is in the creation of Signare design artworks. Every Signare product has its own personality and a story to tell. Many of our designs are inspired by great art, and in our 01276 collection, you’ll find iconic works – some of them licensed from world renowned museums and heritage organisations. Signare designs include: • Great Masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, Starry Night, Poppy Field and Tree of Life. www.signaretrade.co.uk www.signaretapestry.com or • Works by famous designers including William Morris, Rennie Mackintosh and or For orders call +(44) Charles Voysey. • Patterns celebrating the lives and achievements of great figures from world history, including Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. • Designs that reflect the colour and variety of life itself, from garden wildlife to cute cats and adorable dogs, from historical landmarks to geometric patterns. We have taken the ancient art of tapestry and given it a modern twist; every Signare design is reproduced in exquisite woven detail. Our product distribution channels encompass a wide range of retail sectors, from department stores to museum gift shops, garden centres to heritage attractions, fashion boutiques to furniture and interior design stores – and more. Our mission is to bring happiness and fun into the lives of our customers. Signare products make perfect personal treats or great gifts for special friends or family. At Signare, we aim to deliver a healthy profit to our retail partners by providing our unique products at highly competitive trade prices. We are committed to continually supplying high quality, fresh, creative new products to the market, and to provide industry-leading customer service at all times. 2 3 Art of Tapestry It is little wonder we often talk of ‘life’s rich tapestry’ to describe the vibrancy of life itself; tapestry is a unique medium that captures shape, form, colour and texture – suspending vivid images in fabric for all time. Many ancient examples of the art form are as fresh and vital today as when they were first woven centuries ago. Manufacturing tapestry using thousands of threads of different colours. History of Tapestry In medieval times, decorative tapestries were used as wall hangings to brighten and insulate damp and chilly buildings. The portability of tapestries was particularly useful for royalty and nobility, as they moved regularly from one residence to another. Appropriately, it is tapestries that commemorate two of the most pivotal events in English history: William the Conqueror’s invasion in 1066 and the defeat of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. The Bayeux Tapestry was produced to document this event. Bayeux Tapestry 1066 2 3 Design Inspired by Walter Crane This pattern was inspired by an 1878 wallpaper Almond Blossom and Swallow. It was designed by Walter Crane (1845–1915), one of the leading exponents of the Aesthetic Movement and the first President of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition 29483 Society. Crane’s wallpaper designs were often narrative and show the influence of Japanese art on British culture. This wallpaper pattern was exhibited at the International Exhibition, held in Paris in 1878, where it was awarded a gold medal. The original design is now housed at the V&A. 01276 www.signaretrade.co.uk www.signaretapestry.com or or For orders call +(44) Almond Blossom and Swallow (BLOS) 4 5 Signare Premium Collection Benefit Big Holdall Travel Bag Gusset Bag • Supporting the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance • Featuring V&A branded swing ticket • Upgraded with metal zip and high quality PU • Big Holdall and Travel Bag with shoulder strap • Improved strap quality and magnetic closure in Shopper Bags • Additional inner pocket for Gusset Bags BHOLD-BLOS TRAV-BLOS GUSS-BLOS Big Cosmetic Bag College Tote Convertible Bag Cosmetic Bag Double Zip Purse Casual Day Pack Frame Purse BGCOS-BLOS COLL-BLOS CONV-BLOS COSM-BLOS DZIP-BLOS DAPK-BLOS FRMP-BLOS Glasses Pouch Hobo Bag Shopper Bag Long Zip Purse Sling Bag Cross Body Bag Vanity Bag GPCH-BLOS HOBO-BLOS SHOP-BLOS LZIP-BLOS SLING-BLOS XB02-BLOS TOIL-BLOS 4 5 Design Inspired by Bruce J. Talbert This design, Golden Fern, was inspired by a furnishing fabric designed 29483 by a Scottish architect, furniture maker and author, Bruce J. Talbert (1838–81), in 1875. Talbert favoured a new aesthetic derived from Japanese decorative art, also known as Aestheticism. The art 01276 movement was a complex mixture of several styles, and emphasised the importance of art above everything else and the pleasure to be found in beautiful things. This design is now held in the V&A archive. www.signaretrade.co.uk www.signaretapestry.com or or For orders call +(44) Golden Fern (GFERN) 6 7 Big Holdall Travel Bag Gusset Bag Big Cosmetic Bag College Tote Convertible Bag BHOLD-GFERN TRAV-GFERN GUSS-GFERN BGCOS-GFERN COLL-GFERN CONV-GFERN Cosmetic Bag Double Zip Purse Casual Day Pack Frame Purse Glasses Pouch Hobo Bag Shopper Bag COSM-GFERN DZIP-GFERN DAPK-GFERN FRMP-GFERN GPCH-GFERN HOBO-GFERN SHOP-GFERN Long Zip Purse Sling Bag Cross Body Bag Vanity Bag LZIP-GFERN SLING-GFERN XB02-GFERN TOIL-GFERN 6 7 Designs Inspired by Vincent van Gogh The Dutch post-impressionist painter, Vincent van Gogh, was known as the world’s greatest artist and 29483 created over 2,100 artworks and nearly 900 oil paintings in his short life. The Starry Night is one of the best-known Vincent van 01276 Gogh paintings of all time. It depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de- Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an idealised village. The painting was created in June 1889, and, since 1941, sits proudly in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA. www.signaretrade.co.uk www.signaretapestry.com or or For orders call +(44) Van Gogh started painting Irises in May 1889 at the asylum. The painting was probably influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, like many of his works and those of other artists of the time. The painting perfectly captures the beauty of the flowers and is full of life. This artwork is on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, USA. This is one of our favourite tapestry patterns, based on one of the best-known and best-loved of all Vincent van Gogh paintings. The original Sunflowers was created in January 1889 using oil paints and has a distinct blue-green background. The artwork currently resides at Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. 8 9 Designs Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519), Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius is arguably unrivalled by any other figure. His Last Supper and Mona Lisa are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci Stamp Design COSM-DVINC SLING-DVINC Probably the best-known and most studied painting of all time, Mona Lisa by da Vinci, depicts Lisa Gherardini, wife of a merchant. It continues to captivate millions of visitors who flock to see it every FRMP-DVINC year in the Louvre Museum in Paris, where it’s been on display since 1797. Lady with an Ermine ZIPC-DVINC GPCH-DVINC GUSS-DVINC Lady with an Ermine was probably painted by da Vinci around 1490, pre-dating his Mona Lisa by around ten years. At the time, A stunning collection of Da Vinci’s most famous creations. This da Vinci was in the employ of Duke Ludovick Sforza, and the stamp design includes da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, his engineering work, subject of the portrait is thought to be the Duke’s mistress. The Flying Machine design and early aircraft designs. Also depicted are the painting is located at Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, Poland. Mona Lisa and Lady with an Ermine. 8 9 Design Inspired by Great Masterpieces Monet-Poppy Field Degas-Two Dancers on a Stage 29483 01276 The French impressionist Claude Monet’s Poppy Field is Two ballerinas dancing on stage was painted by French one of the world’s most famous paintings. It conjures up the artist Edgar Degas (1834–1917). Degas was fascinated www.signaretrade.co.uk www.signaretapestry.com vibrant atmosphere of a stroll through the fields on a by the world of dance, and over half of his paintings are or or summer’s day. Monet showed Poppy Field to the public at of dancers. In this painting, the graceful movement of the For orders call +(44) the first impressionist exhibition in 1874. The painting is dancer in her ballet clothes, and the light of the theatre are located at Musee d’Orsay, Paris. captured perfectly. It is collected at Courtauld Gallery, London, England. Vermeer-Girl with a Pearl Earring Hokusai-The Great Wave off Kanagawa In 2006, the Dutch public voted Girl with a Pearl Earring Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s image, The Great as the most beautiful painting in the Netherlands. Painted Wave off Kanagawa, dramatically captures the power of during the Dutch Golden Age by Johannes Vermeer nature. The original picture was created in 1831 using (1632–1675), the picture depicts a strikingly beautiful girl in woodblock print on paper. Original impressions of the print a blue and gold headscarf. Set against a black background, are in many Western collections, including the Metropolitan her face is illuminated by an unseen light, her large pearl Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Art Institute of earring is prominently displayed.