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This blog features posts from the various departments at the MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp who share their insights on the Museum's working, exhibitions and projects. MoMu is located in the centre of the Antwerp fashion district. Every year, the museum organises two thematic exhibitions, along with workshops, guided tours,...
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Swatchbooks from Lyon

The swatchbooks featured in the exhibition ‘Silks & Prints from the Abraham Archive – Couture in Colour’ were produced in Lyon between 1830 to 1914. There are 227 of them in the Abraham Archive, all of them purchased by Gustav Zumsteg, who gave them a proud place on the company’s bookshelves. Adding them to the Abraham Archive was Zumsteg’s way of acknowledging Abraham’s indebtedness to the silk weavers of 19th-century Lyons.Since each book contain hundreds of swatches, collectively they resemble a vast treasure trove and were thus an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Abraham’s designers.

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