CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY OF CASSINA; F. MARTIN RAMIN, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS; THOM ATKINSON; RONNIE TJAMPITJI NPA,TINGARI CYCLE AT A SITE ADJACENT TO WILKINKARRA, 1994. SYNTHETIC POLYMER ON CANVAS, 72 1/8 × 60 1/4 IN. (× 153 CM.), FONDATION OPALE, SWITZERLAND. © AGENCY/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK, 2019. IMAGE COURTESY OF FONDATION OPALE, LENS, SWITZERLAND. PHOTO: REDOT FINE ART GALLERY; F. MARTIN RAMIN, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENASWHAT’S NEWS
FIRST HAND
Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not
Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art
From the Fondation Opale opens
at Houston’s Menil Collection this
month with more than 100 pieces
by Aboriginal artists, including
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa’s 1994 work
Tingari Cycle at a Site Adjacent to
Wilkinkarra, shown here. menil.orgON BEAUTY
Taking its title from the fi rst century B.C. poem by Lucretius, the
skin-care brand natureoft hings, launching this month, honors the
therapeutic ritual of bathing with soaking and moisturizing products
composed of minerals and plant-based ingredients like CBD.
natureoft hings.com. —Fiorella ValdesoloUNCOMMON
THREADW
HEN MAJEDA CLARKE
made the leap from teacher
to weaver a few years ago,
she had a lot more in
mind than just a lifestyle change. Clarke,
who is based in London, was born
in Bangladesh, where an ancient tradi-
tion of cottage-style weaving is slowly
fading. Particularly vulnerable has been
the production of Jamdani muslin—a
superfi ne cotton or silk that was all the
rage in Regency England and dates as far
back as Roman times, when it was called
“woven air” by the writer Petronius.
After learning basic Jamdani techniques,
Clarke began experimenting with the
traditional patterns, retooling them to
broaden the audience for the diaphanous
cloth. She now works with a circle of
Bengali weavers who produce bespoke
curtains and fabric by the yard as well as
featherweight scarves, all with a delicate,
calligraphic beauty. “To me, it created an
incredible kind of hybridity, mixing cul-
tures and design,” Clarke says of Jamdani
and its legacy. “We can do it again.” This
month, she arrives at the London Design
Festival, with new Jamdani designs
alongside tapestrylike woolen blankets
for the British market, conceived on her
own London loom. majedaclarke.com.
—S.M.MAJEDA CL ARKE IS HELPING
REVIVE AN AGE-OLD WEAVING
PRACTICE FROM HER HOME
COUNTRY OF BANGL ADESH.56 WSJ. MAGAZINE
TIME
MACHINESCartier’s
Privé
To n n e a u i s
named aft er
the French
word for
“barrel,” a
reference to
its rounded
silhouette
and curved
case. The
new rose-
gold version
of the 1906
design off ers
rhodium-
plated num-
bers and
a sapphire
crown.
For details see
Sources, page 134.OBJECT OF DESIRESITTING PRETTY
Curling up in a cozy spot is one of the pleasures of fall, a sensation
that Patricia Urquiola, the art director of Cassina, channels
with her deep-seated Back -Wing chair. An exposed wood frame
supports the gently curving back as it fl ares out into subtle
armrests, slimming the traditional wingback model down to its
elegant essentials. Available this month, the chair comes in
fabric or leather with a choice of two diff erent woods in multiple
fi n i s h e s. From $3,830; cassina.com. —Sarah Medford