Photo ©PINTONExpansion
by ALIX WALINE
PRÊT-A-PORTER
MATERIALS Wool, Tencel
TECHNIQUE Hand tufted
SIZE 175 x 250 cm
PRICE ON REQUEST. CONTACT US.Out of stock
Description
tencel
Tencel®, which is a registered trademark and another name for lyocell, is produced from wood pulp, usually eucalyptus. It emerged very recently in the textile industry: made for the first time at the end of the 1980s, it was marketed in 1992. Produced in Europe, this material is particularly innovative. Its production process is very quick since it takes only two hours from wood harvesting to spinning. Cultivating the timber necessary to its production is a particularly clean process: it needs very little water and no pesticides. This textile fibre is very soft to the touch, elastic, resistant and durable. It has excellent moisture absorption properties while remaining dry on the surface. Lyocell lends itself perfectly to blending with other materials and gives PINTON rugs a very smooth contemporary twist.
Alix Waline
After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Art and the Sorbonne in Paris, Alix Waline took textile design classes at the Ecole de La Cambre in Brussels. During a stay in Thailand she experimented with large scale in-situ drawing, appropriating space to push boundaries. She took part in many collaborations, including with the Gilles&Boissier agency for several restaurants, the Chess Hotel in Paris and the Moncler shop in Séoul, as well as numerous residential projects. At the same time, she continued drawing on different media. For Gilles&Boissier Privé she created one-off lampshades and worked with Sabatina Leccia on a collection of drawings and embroidered cushions. She also designed a very graphic wallpaper published by Chiara Colombini and shown at the Salone del Mobile in 2016. Alix Waline is represented by Thierry Kauffmann.
For PINTON, Alix Waline created a bespoke carpet, beautifully named Ondoiement, and two luxury rugs, Effusion for the Couture collection and Expansion for the Diffusion line, perfect illustrations of Alix’s highly emotional vision. In 2019, PINTON chose the Paris-Déco-Off trade fair to unveil the product of this first collaboration.
wool
Wool is an animal fibre, most often derived from sheep fleece. Wool was already being spun as early as 5,000 BC. In Roman times, wool, leather and linen were the main materials used to make clothes. With the progressive development of mechanical processes and the evolution of breeding techniques, wool became the economic lung of several countries in the Xth century, and again in the XIIth. Renowned for its thermal and sound insulation properties, wool also offers the advantage of absorbing moisture. It is a noble and timeless material, used from time immemorial for its strength and durability. PINTON uses local wool with shorter carded fibres, which make it fluffier and give it more volume, or a specific type of wool from New-Zealand with long combed fibres that are more resistant to heavy traffic. Both types of wool are spun (carded or combed) and dyed in the spinning plant located in Felletin. Whether they are made in 100% pure virgin wool or blended with other materials like linen, silk, bamboo, leather or many others, PINTON wool rugs and carpets bring comfort and quality.
Palermo Uno
Palermo Uno
Milano (Italy)
hand tufted
The hand tufting technique is a process combining centuries-old skills and modern weaving tools. The canvas is perfectly stretched over an upright loom and the craftsperson transfers by hand the future design of the rug with the utmost precision. Threads are inserted manually, one by one, working with a gun on the back of the canvas, following the colours, the drawing and the different tuft heights. PINTON was one of the first manufactories to use the gun tufting technique to produce some of its rugs and carpets and is the only French workshop offering very high quality tufted rugs. With this technique, production times are reduced compared to the knotted stitch weave or point noué. Finally, hand tufting offers a large range of possible depths. Carving is the technique that consists in sculpting the wool and creating textures within the woven rug. Since the early 1990s, PINTON has been specialising in the production of hand tufted rugs for which it also collaborates with famous designers and artists.
