Luisa Cevese has acquired textile remnants in various stages of deterioration, discovered in such diverse locations as private family homes, antique collections and industrial facilities (who often categorize them as "waste", and from all over the world. She creates mosaics in rugs, wall hangings and table mats, fossilizing the memories of use that these remnants contain in their well worn surfaces.
 Outside the shop, looking in.
 Recontextualized wool prayer rugs from various parts of the former Soviet Union, each with its own story, with Droog milk-bottle lamp.
 12-part Mezzero from inside the shop, with Ingo Maurer "Pierre ou Paul" lamp.
 Pages from the textile archive, discolored by age, eaten by worms and insects and filled with hand written notations.
 Detail.
 Archive platform with silk wall hangings.
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From outside, the Mezzero, a 12-part mosaic of a 19th century block-printed Indian cotton wall hanging.
Three volumes of mid-19th century textile archives of a Japanese fabric mill.
Very fine, thin squares of hand-hemmed silks, woven in India.
Luisa Cevese talks to Murray Moss.
Moasics created from vintage table laces, cottons, linens and embroideries.
Table mats in Lurex gold colored metallic threads.
Detail.
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