Ever wonder how there could be so many different shades of gray in that staple of menswear- charcoal wool? Woolens manufacturers endlessly inventive produced different weaves and subtly tweaked color so that- during the late 19th through the mid 20th centuries – clothing producers, tailors and ultimately consumers would covet the latest look, selling anew in a field (men’s fashions) in which very little else changed for decades.

FISHER HERITAGE’s Laura Fisher has honed her eye for menswear in quilts since curating a museum exhibition of haberdashery textiles titled MASTER PIECES. Suiting quilts have been made all over the world. The basic materials were readily accessible from worn clothing, or available to women workers in textile factories who took home workroom off-cuts, and to tailors’ workers and clients given last year’s outdated swatch books from which to order suits.

Waste not want not is a motto tailor-made for imaginative quilters who turned the wool salvage into warm quilts. The best of them embellished their output with colorful embroidery, or turned scraps such as trimmings from pants cuffs and shortened sleeves into dynamic geometric quilts.

One would think suiting quilts might appear monochromatic, but thanks to the various wools could display subtle color shifts. The results appear contemporary and artistic and are a visual departure from traditional quilts that would be at home in modern interiors. Among Fisher’s pieces are:

SUITING ‘EYE DAZZLER pieced of pants cuffs and off-cuts

SUITING ‘DOUBLE DIAMONDS’ generously sized, multiple grays

SUITING SWATCHES EMBROIDERED HAP with multicolor flowers 

SUITING SWATCHES PLUSHWORK EMBROIDERED CIRCLES AND STARS

SUITING SWATCHES CONCENTRIC FRAMES

ALPHABET pieced of suiting and work uniforms

Contact Fisher for photos of available coverlets and to make an appointment to see them in person. Gallery hours can be arranged any day including weekends until 7:00 p.m.

FISHER HERITAGE is available by appointment only in NYC's Chelsea neighborhood daily, or always on-line atwww.laurafisherquilts.com. For further photos and information, email us at fisherheritage@yahoo.com or phone 917.797-1260. 

Laura Fisher's FISHER HERITAGE
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY in Chelsea
, New York
fisherheritage@yahoo.com
917/797-1260
www.laurafisherquilts.com

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