Collection: Textiles and Arts of Africa Collection

Before wax, there are the fabrics that Africa has woven, dyed, and embroidered for centuries: ceremonial cloths, royal textiles, languages made of signs. This collection pays tribute to them, on the table of everyday life.

A map of African fabrics

• Mali: Bogolan, cotton dyed with fermented mud.
• Nigeria: Adire, the tied indigo of Yoruba women, and Ìbùkúnolúwa, the blessing.
• Cameroon: royal Ndop and embroidered Toghu.
• Niger: Kanta, Kounta and Téra-téra, wedding fabrics.
• Congo: Kuba velvet (Ntshak), woven from raffia.
• Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana: Dida cloths, Sénoufo art, Baoulé art, and Adinkra symbols.
• Benin: the royal and sacred works of Abomey.

In the collection

Square, round, and oval plates, salad bowls, cups, mugs, speckled bowls, platters, carafes, and glasses, breakfast sets, not to mention our cups and mugs adorned with masks. Each piece is decorated to order in our Alfortville workshop: the pattern is prepared, applied, and glazed by hand before firing. Colors, first name, date, or short message: it can be personalized upon request, and a broken piece can be replaced individually.

Explore by country

• Bogolan Collection · Niger Collection · Cameroon Collection · Côte d’Ivoire Collection · West African Masks