Weaving Past and Present on Our Gallery Walls
In this special inside look, we travel to Lyon, France, where the distinctive green velvet wall fabric of the Frick’s West Gallery was recently rewoven after more than one hundred years. Sabine Verzier—the sixth generation of her family to oversee the Manufacture Prelle—explains how Prelle made the original fabric starting in 1914, when the Frick mansion was built as a private home. As part of our ongoing renovation and enhancement project, Verzier and the talented Prelle staff reproduced the velvet based on the same silk threads used a century ago.
Learn more about our renovation and enhancement project at Renovation and Enhancement Project.
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2:41The Breakfast Room: A Serene Step Back in TimeApril 30, 2024
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2:57A Refurbished Backdrop for the Heart of The Frick CollectionApril 16, 2024
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2:48Reviving Eight Figures from the Original Frick FaçadeApril 2, 2024
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4:13Honoring the Past and Enhancing the FutureMarch 19, 2024
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1:32Giving a Second Life to Historic Light FixturesNovember 7, 2023
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1:30West Gallery Ceiling RestorationAugust 1, 2023
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2:32Restoring Mrs. Frick's BoudoirMarch 28, 2023
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1:28Upgrading the Skylights at the Frick’s Historic HomeDecember 16, 2022
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1:00Restoring an Original Frick ChandelierAugust 15, 2022
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0:59The Frick Magnolias: Spring 2022April 8, 2022