Japan is a nation that has for many centuries cultivated traditions based on wood that occupy an important position in daily life. I have long been fascinated with the Japanese interpretation of western furniture. While walking in Soho recently, I came across CITE, an assemblage of modern design furnishings that includes pieces from … Continue Reading ››
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All About Texture
Unika Vaev Boucle
Boucle is first a novelty yarn, produced by spinning two threads of different tensions together. While keeping one thread taught, and allowing the second to remain loose, loops of slight variation form along the strand. Boucle as a fabric is made by weaving a common uniform warp thread with the filler weft being … Continue Reading ››
Holly Hunt Chandelier
Chandeliers can be traced backed to medieval times (1066-1485) where they would be found in churches, monasteries, and other gathering halls. These earliest chandeliers simply consisted of 2 hand carved wooden beams connected in the shape of a cross, perhaps in deference to Christianity. The beams would have a spike on each … Continue Reading ››
Clarence House Crewel
Crewel (the earliest examples of which are 1000 years old), refers to a basic broadcloth textile embroidered either by hand or by machine with a yarn to produce a pattern in relief. Thought to originate in the Mesopotamian crescent, crewel made it's way into fashion among the privileged in England and France by … Continue Reading ››
Maharam Fabrics
contract textiles worthy of home use
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Antique furniture
The classic slipper chair
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