Posts filed under 'FABRICS & LINENS'
From Francesca:
We recently discovered Repro Depot Fabrics at the Brooklyn Flea, held every Sunday in Fort Greene. Owner Djerba Goldfinger offers an extensive selection of vintage Marimekko, reproduction, and Japanese import fabrics, as well as buttons, ribbons, and retro iron-on patches; best of all, everything can be purchased online.
Below: Marimekko Kaivo print, designed in 1964; $35.70 per yard.
Below: Isot Kivet; designed in 1959; $42 per yard.
Below: Unikko, designed in 1964; $42 per yard.
May 2nd, 2008
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- Fabrics and Linens: St. Jude’s Modern British
- Fabrics and Linens: Hable Construction at Pottery Barn
- Fabrics & Linens: Lisa Stickley Tablecloths
- Online Fabric Stores
- Fabrics and Linens: John Robshaw Online Shop
From Julie:
After an absence of a few months, London designer Lisa Stickley’s oilcloths are for sale again on her website, just in time for summer. Made of 100 percent cotton with a PVC coating, the 60-by-60-inch tablecloths are £45; the 60-by-98-inch size is £73. Her London store is at 74 Landor Street, but she also ships worldwide.
Below: Marigold red print.
Below: Old green orchard print (based on an old postcard).
Below: Chocolate and ecru 1950s rose print.
April 28th, 2008
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- Oilcloth Revisited
- Outdoors: Pink Table
- Fabrics and Linens: St. Jude’s Modern British
- Fabrics and Linens: John Robshaw Online Shop
- Midsummer Night Clean
From Francesca:
I’ve long admired the handprinted Belgian linen fabrics of Santa Barbara–based Raoul Textiles, founded by Sally McQuillan, a painter who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Last spring, the company opened its first independent showroom in LA’s Pacific Design Center (8687 Melrose Avenue), designed to look like an English library, with creaky wooden floors, upholstered furniture and antiques, and stacks of books on the decorative arts (which can be borrowed). Go to Raoul Textiles for a list of additional showrooms.
April 22nd, 2008
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- Fabrics & Linens: Rose Tarlow
- Fabrics and Linens: St. Jude’s Modern British
- Fabrics & Linens: ReproDepot
- Fabrics and Linens: Ortolan Organic
- Fabrics & Linens: Helsinki Remade
From Julie:
Legendary British designer Celia Birtwell is having a second moment (her first was as a clothing designer in the swinging sixties outfitting the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Twiggy) as a fabric and textile designer; she has operated an interior design showroom in Notting Hill since the eighties. Her Beasties and Little Animals fabric and wallpaper has us in raptures. Available at Suzan Fellman Showroom in Los Angeles and Lucy Rose in Chicago. The fabric is also available at UK website Fabrics and Papers for £50 a meter; the wallpaper is £55 per roll. View her entire line at Celia Birtwell, where you can also buy the fabric directly (don’t miss the Sale Bin, where Beasties 100 percent cotton fabric in pink can currently be found for £24 a meter).
April 7th, 2008
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- Fabrics & Linens: Lucy Rose
- Fabric & Linens: Vanessa Arbuthnott
- Fabrics & Linens: Rapture and Wright
- Fabrics and Linens: Felix Spicer
- Fabric & Linens: Jules Pansu
From Julie:
Fabric designers Rebecca Aird and Peter Thwaites founded Rapture & Wright in 2002 with a small collection of hand-printed fabrics and wallpapers. The duo is dedicated to producing a 100 percent British product: “The cloth is woven in the UK, and the designs are conceived and handprinted in our studio, using skills that are rapidly disappearing in the UK. Short runs and bespoke colorways are part of the service.” Rapture & Wright fabrics are available through Lucy Rose Design in Chicago.
March 13th, 2008
Related posts:
- Fabrics & Linens: Lucy Rose
- Fabric & Linens: Vanessa Arbuthnott
- Fabrics & Linens: Raoul Textiles
- Children’s Rooms: Celia Birtwell Fabric
- Fabrics & Linens: Rose Tarlow
From Sarah:
British-born, Chicago-based designer Lucy Rose comes with a serious pedigree. She worked for John Stefanidis (incredibly, she assisted on a project for Wallis Simpson and Edward VII), but now she operates out of Chicago and specializes in wallpapers and hand-printed fabrics from some of our favorite UK designers, including Celia Birtwell and Florence Broadhurst. To see more of her interior design projects, go to lucyrosedesign.com.
March 12th, 2008
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- Children’s Rooms: Celia Birtwell Fabric
- Fabrics & Linens: Rapture and Wright
- Fabric & Linens: Vanessa Arbuthnott
- Shopper’s Diary: Timorous Beasties
- Fabrics and Linens: St. Jude’s Modern British
From Julie:
Despite our modernist inclinations, we have a weakness for British rural design, such as this curtained bedroom featuring fabric by UK designer Vanessa Arbuthnott, available through Chicago designer Lucy Rose. In her own words: “One of my favorite artists is Matisse, who toward the end of his life cut out bold, simple shapes for collages. I used this method create Swallow Dive. The organic block print is reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts Movement.” Go to vanessaarbuthnott.co.uk; in the US, her fabric is available through Lucy Rose.
March 12th, 2008
Related posts:
- Fabrics & Linens: Lucy Rose
- Children’s Rooms: Celia Birtwell Fabric
- Fabric & Linens: Jules Pansu
- Fabrics & Linens: Rapture and Wright
- Fabrics & Linens: Helsinki Remade
From Julie:
Today’s Design*Sponge clued us in to Chairloom, an Ardmore, Pennsylvania-based company owned by Molly Worth that salvages and reupholsters vintage furniture. Her wares can be found at the Bee’s Nest (16 E. Eagle Rd., Havertown, PA; 610-789-2720 and Estate Antiques (725 S. 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA ; 215-922-5714). Our favorite chairs are those covered with fabric from Canadian Virginia Johnson, one of our all-time favorite print and patternists. Johnson’s fabrics are available on her website; go to virginiajohnson.com. N.B. On April 6, Chairloom will be at the Brooklyn Flea Market.
March 7th, 2008
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- Fabrics & Linens: Helsinki Remade
- DIY: Patchwork Upholstry
- Fabric & Linens: Jules Pansu
- Fabrics & Linens: Raoul Textiles
- Fabric & Linens: Vanessa Arbuthnott
From Julie and Sarah:
We share a genetic predisposition to ticking stripes, which are reassuring in their familiarity and somehow work beautifully almost anywhere in the house.
Below: Pottery Barn is currently offering a good selection of ticking stripe bedding, ranging from $25 for a pillow sham to $129 for a duvet cover; go to potterybarn.com:
Below: Ticking stripe bolster and pillow from matteohome.com, our favorite fine linen purveyor (founded, interestingly enough, by a 1989 Harvard graduate).
Below: 19th century ticking stripe pillow covers from Los Angeles–based East Meets West at 1stdibs.com.
Below: Ticking stripe fabrics by the yard, as well as reasonably priced bedding, tablecloths, napkins, and ironing board covers, at thelinenpress.co.uk
Below: Rivedoux bed linens from Libeco; 100 percent linen pillowcases ($43 to $68) and sheets ($280 to $420) at thelinenhouse.com:
Below: Ticking stripe bedskirts and boxspring covers, $48 to $78 at garnethill.com
Below: Vintage ticking cloth bolster; $395 at vintageweave.com.
Below: Ticking stripe bedding in ecru/light gray; £12 to £79 at toast.co.uk.
Below: Ticking stripe chambray Roman shade; $89 to $99 from landofnod.com.
March 4th, 2008
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- Belgium Week: Libeco Linens
- Shopper’s Diary: Toast by Post
- Fabrics and Linens: John Robshaw Online Shop
- There’s Something About Ian
- Online Fabric Stores
From Francesca:
Canadian-born, Helsinki-based designer Elizabeth Salonen hand-prints antique and vintage linens with art nouveau motifs inspired by the architecture of her adopted city. Her Helsinki Remade series of tea towels is an homage to historic buildings and to old linen. “With this project, it’s about taking a piece of the past and applying it in a contemporary way—making a fusion between old and new,” Salonen says. 55 Euros at Design Forum Finland.
February 22nd, 2008
Related posts:
- Fabrics & Linens: Rapture and Wright
- Fabrics & Linens: Raoul Textiles
- Belgium Week: Libeco Linens
- Transylvanian Towels and Linens
- Design Voyeur: Plinth Furniture
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