https://artcritical.com/2003/04/01/the-devils-cloth-a-history-of-stripes-and-striped-fabric-by-michel-pastoureau/ Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://artcritical.com/2003/04/01/the-devils-cloth-a-history-of-stripes-and-striped-fabric-by-michel-pastoureau/#comment-23531 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:26:10 +0000 http://testingartcritical.com/?p=1238#comment-23531 Call it subconscious, call it energy, call it anything you like, but when I visited the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles recently, I was particularly disturbed by one of the displays containing the striped pajamas that the Jews were forced to wear. Now, to be honest, my business is fabrics, but I was immediately stunned by the sight of it and began to cry. I’ve only recently been aware of the term “the devil’s cloth,” and in this case, it makes perfect sense to me now.

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