Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When textile designer Anne Corbi\u00e8re is working, she often thinks of her grandmother. \u201cShe was a weaver and I always loved seeing her at the loom,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was like an invitation to go off on a voyage \u2014 in a boat that people sat at and kind of rowed. It enchanted me.\u201dBorn in Oregon and now based in Anjou, France, Corbi\u00e8re is known for her intricate, hand-woven textiles \u2014 tactile and often diaphanous designs that were first used in couture fashion by the likes of Christian Lacroix, Balenciaga and Chanel. Since, they have been featured in interiors designed by Peter Marino, Muriel Brandolini and Jacques Grange. Her output ranges from bespoke upholstery fabric and textile art pieces to a made-to-order collection of yarn and rattan blinds (created with Thai weaver Chiem at her small rural workshop). Currently, Corbi\u00e8re is working on wall panels for Chanel (with Marino) and Tiffany boutiques; tapestries for a new Paris hotel; and she has recently released a new lamp of delicate woven layers with British design brand Ochre.\u201cAs a child, I always knitted and embroidered and did different types of needlework,\u201d she recalls. Her first career was as a costumier, based first in the US, then in London and Paris. While working on director Peter Brook\u2019s epic nine-hour theatre production of The Mahabharata in the 1980s, she became interested in fabric dying, a process she describes as \u201cmy first intimate relationship with textiles, of really getting down and dirty with them\u201d. But she fell in love with weaving\u2019s interplay of \u201cdensities, patterns and rhythms\u201d and enrolled on a two-year course at the Atelier National d\u2019Art Textile in Paris. \u201cI just felt like I was home,\u201d she says.The shift from fashion to furnishings came in the late 1990s when Corbi\u00e8re and her husband Vincent \u2014 a classical guitar maker turned sculptor and furniture designer \u2014 moved to a farmhouse near Angers, and established separate studios side by side. At the time, \u201cit was not cool in France to make things with your hands,\u201d she says. \u201cIt took us a while to come out of the closet as the craftspeople we really are.\u201d The couple are regular collaborators, with Corbi\u00e8re creating woven fabrics for Vincent\u2019s chairs and lampshades for his sculptural bases \u2014 pieces they show at Galerie du Passage\u00a0in Paris and Twenty First Gallery in New York. Corbi\u00e8re\u2019s solo collections include the Jalousies rattan blinds; sheer textiles designed for windows called Indiscr\u00e9tions; the more densely woven Vertiges range for wall panels; and blankets and throws created with French merino wool farmers. For her bespoke Couture service, she comes up with unique fabrics, pillow panels and even fringing for special projects. \u201cWhen we came across Anne\u2019s work, we just thought, how can we use her incredible fabrics in one of our pieces?\u201d says Joanna Bibby, one of the trio of designers behind Ochre. The answer was a new version of its Cloud Shade using Corbi\u00e8re\u2019s mix of linen and technical yarns, their natural hues offset with subtle flashes of white gold.\u201cI work a lot with gold and metals, but not to be bling-bling, not to make it look shiny and rich, it\u2019s more about playing with light,\u201d says Corbi\u00e8re. \u201cThe first time I was weaving gold it was for Lacroix and it struck me: this is why gold is used religiously and spiritually.\u201d It\u2019s another thread linking back to her grandma. \u201cShe would use 1950s Lurex,\u201d she says. \u201cI actually have some of her old bobbins; they\u2019re quite beautiful.\u201dJalousies panels start at \u20ac490 (timeframe 6-12 weeks); bespoke textiles from \u20ac800; annecorbiere.format.com; Ochre Cloud Shade, \u00a312,840; ochre.netFind out about our latest stories first \u2014 follow @ft_houseandhome on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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