THE TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS AND IMAGINARY SILK WEAVERS

By ELIZABETH JOHNSON

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[/caption] When you walk into the home of a dead artist named Dennis Severs, a place that hangs between now and the 17th century, you're encouraged to imagine that you "interrupt a family of Huguenot silk-weavers named Jervis who though they can still sometimes be heard seem always to be just out of sight." What kind of droll nonsense is that? The kind of droll nonsense that's perfect for a fashion shoot inspired by Jean Cocteau’s series of "Orpheus" films, in which the characters are stuck between this world and the afterlife, that's what. gview2