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Two artisans seated on the floor braid sisal fibres in a bright workshop, surrounded by baskets, with a large spiral piece in purple tones in front of them.

The house

A heritage in motion

GASYRUG is a textile art house born in Tamatave, on the east coast of Madagascar.

It elevates a millennia-old craft, spiral basketry, to the rank of exceptional works. An ancient and universal technique, passed down through generations; the very one that adorned, in the 19th century, the walls and floors of the Queen’s Palace in Antananarivo.

At the heart of each work lies the dexterity of Malagasy women, carried by rigour, precision and excellence of the artisanal gesture. Today, more than sixty women artisans bring wall tapestries and floor rugs to life, unique pieces shaped with exacting standards and know-how.

  1. A millennia-old technique

    Spiral basketry, ancient and universal

  2. 19th century

    The walls and floors of the Queen’s Palace, in Antananarivo

  3. Today

    More than sixty women artisans

The hands

At the heart of each work lies the dexterity of Malagasy women.
Two artisans seated on the floor braid sisal fibres in a bright workshop, surrounded by baskets, with a large spiral piece in purple tones in front of them.

Works steeped in emotion

Each GASYRUG tapestry is an invitation to live differently, through pieces carried by a soul and an emotion. Sisal, a living fibre, becomes the support for an intimate creative reflection on what endures and what connects us. At the crossroads of art, craft and design, these works are meant to last. They express the spiral, movement, the whole, in a language in perpetual evolution.

  • the spiral
  • movement
  • the whole

Signature pieces

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An idea, a place, a piece

Let’s imagine it together.