Paule Marrot

Paule Marrot (1902–1987) was a Parisian textile designer widely known for her textile prints with a flat, two-dimensional, upbeat style — often with a floral pattern. She experienced strong popularity in the U.S. after World War II, worked with Renault to develop the company's textile and color division, and redefined furnishing fabrics in her native country of France.

Marrot won the Prix Blumenthal in 1928 and in 1952, the French Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor), as Chevalier.

Biography

Born Paule Félicie Hélène Marrot in Bordeaux on 17 April 1902,— to a bohemian family with a musician father— Marrot attended L’école des Arts Décoratifs in Paris at age 14 and in 1917 apprenticed in engraving and textile printing with Pierre Léon Dusouchet. Marrot became a teacher and was selling some of her original textile designs when she met Raoul Dufy, a Fauvist painter, who in turn introduced her to Paul Poiret, a prominent fashion designer at the time — to whom Marrot subsequently sold a dress design — and ultimately fabric for his work.

Paule

Paule (Breton: Paoul) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Paule are called paulois in French.

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Paule (name)

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