Maïoun – orage
by Margaux Keller Collections
MATERIALS wool
TECHNIQUE Hand tufted
SIZE 200 x 300 cm
PRICE ON REQUEST. CONTACT US.Description
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.
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.
Margaux Keller Collections
Margaux Keller is a designer who believes that design today is no longer confined to a binary system of “functionality and aesthetics”, but that there is a third dimension to the conceptualisation of an object or a space: emotion.
His work is often described as poetic and sensitive, which ties in with his need to make people smile and work on our collective memory, like one of Proust’s madeleines. Elegance, quirkiness and poetry are her three watchwords.
In 2011, she was selected to join the design team at Fabrica, the Benetton Group’s communications research centre, under the artistic direction of Sam Baron. In 2012, Margaux Keller returned to Marseille, her city of origin and heart, to set up her own global design agency. She has developed a wide range of partnerships: Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Dior Parfums, Roche Bobois, Bibelo Cartier, Made.com, La Redoute Intérieurs, Habitat, etc., and works on numerous global design projects, including space planning, interior and commercial architecture, and scenography for boutiques, restaurants, shops, etc.
In 2019, she created her own brand of objects alongside Anaïs Fretigny, formerly Head of Jewellery Development at Saint Laurent Paris. Margaux Keller Collections, objects and pieces of furniture made by artisans with unrivalled skills.
