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talesofthesevenseas

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Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« on: September 22, 2011, 04:15:00 pm »
You guys are not going to believe this, but today I have been emailing with a guy in Amsterdam who is recovering a chair for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, mother of the current Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. He is trying to locate the fabric below. He contacted me because I posted it on a Web site two years ago. I would really like to try to help this guy out. He is quite nice and we've exchanged several emails today. This chair is going in Queen Juliana's tearoom and it has to be this exact fabric in this exact color.

You guys are the best detectives I know and if anyone can do this, I think that you can! I think it would be fun if our forum could save the day and find this fabric for the Queen!



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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2011, 04:21:35 pm »
Nice post , talesofthe7cs' !

I'd like to see this one come to fruition !

Looks possible that the Queen Mum has got a naughty (nautical) side .....
« Last Edit: September 22, 2011, 04:26:55 pm by fancypants »
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2011, 04:24:02 pm »
Me too! I'm finding lots of similar fabrics but not exactly this one.
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2011, 04:24:39 pm »
My father in law used to be an interior decorator. I'll send him a photo and see if he can hunt it down.
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2011, 04:26:24 pm »
Awesome Snowflake! In the meantime, I'm still looking!
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2011, 04:28:53 pm »
I should add that the style of fabric is called toile, that may help.
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2011, 04:30:59 pm »
« Last Edit: September 22, 2011, 04:33:16 pm by hosman321 »
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2011, 04:34:10 pm »
Check out the description though it says where it is available! That's a great clue. It also has the pattern name!
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2011, 04:35:55 pm »
Any idea of age of the fabric?

ETA: Nevermind....  Just read  Hosman's post.  Nice work H !!  I knew you'd get this  ;D
« Last Edit: September 22, 2011, 04:37:32 pm by Oceans64 »
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2011, 04:41:40 pm »
I've checked ebay, etsy and amazon but can't find it anywhere. Anybody have any other ideas? It would be way cool if tales could find it for them! That'd be a fun little story for future generations!
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2011, 04:47:33 pm »
Went to the Pierre Frey website but no luck.  They may be able to do a special run tho...

http://www.pierrefrey.com/marque/braquenie/
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2011, 04:47:52 pm »
Here is the name of the manufacturer of the fabric, Braquenie and they are in Paris France. Can anyone find the contact for Braquenie? I'm getting a lot about it, but not a direct Web site.
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2011, 04:49:03 pm »
www.pierrefrey.com The BRAQUENIE collection is new, so they should still have some of it!
Edit:oops, oceans already posted it. ;)
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
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Re: Need Your Help - Special Project for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands!
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