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Click on the image above to
visit our new African textile resources and links
section. Latest addition is a display of political print fabrics from
francophone Africa.
We mail cloths
regularly to collectors, museums, and dealers in the US, Japan, and
Europe. If you have any questions, criticisms, suggestions, or comments
about anything on this site please email Duncan Clarke at: adire@btinternet.com
We can
advise on and source vintage or contemporary African costumes for film,
television, or theatrical use.
If you are
in the United Kingdom why not visit us at Alfie's
Antique Market,
13-25 Church St, London NW8. Tues - Saturday, 10am - 5pm. Please note
that we are no longer at Portobello Rd. Click here
for more information about Alfie's Antique Market, including how to find
it.
If you are
looking for African cloths for use in Quilting a good range of wax
prints and batiks are available from Magie Relph at the African
Fabric Shop.
NEW
LINKS
(c)
Duncan Clarke, Version 30 September 2009
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Welcome
to Adire African Textiles. On
the pages that follow you will find information about and an
opportunity to purchase fine examples of a wide range of
hand made African textiles including Adire, Adinkra, Akwete,
Aso-oke, Bogolan, Ewe, Kente, Kuba, and Nupe cloths. Please
click on the photo to reach our main gallery page. |
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Latest
Updates:
16
November: group of rare Dioula cloths added on Francophone
gallery here
30
September: Updates posted to Ewe
kente, Nigerian women's
weaving, aso oke, and Francophone
galleries.
For
regular news of our updates, observations, musings, and
comments on African textile related news you can now follow
our Blog here
or our Facebook profile here.
"THE
CLOTH OF BONDOUKOU" by Duncan Clarke
Article
by me in HALI magazine #157 Autumn 2008
documents
an important and newly discovered tradition from the
Ghana/Ivory Coast border.
See
our selection for sale here
magazine
copies available from www.Hali.com
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Use
the box to search for cloths for sale in our Gallery or
information in our African Textiles Resources site.
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