for people who love textiles
It’s finally starting to feel a bit like summer in San Francisco but for anyone stuck for the moment with dreary weather (or a dreary schedule, or too much bad news on TV) Lisa Corti offers a perfect escape to a land of vibrant, life-affirming color.
Via Mandarine d’Italie.
From Time magazine’s April 2009 review of noteworthy green design: “Richly colored bedding from Rajboori combines jacquard weaves with geometric patterns and uses an exclusively developed silk, derived via a sustainable process that leaves silkworms unharmed.”
Designers Guild (powered by the artistic vision of Tricia Guild and known for very colorful large scale prints and a kind of hyper-stylized take on “shabby chic”) has – as I explored this evening – a very satisfying and easy to navigate website that also actually sells things on-line, a rare thing for a company primarily geared to a trade-only market. And not only do they sell things on-line, they also have sales on-line, wherein items like the above blanket are offered at considerable discount.
Anupama works with Indian artisans and craftsman to create a beautiful – and eclectic – line of hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics, table cloths and pillows, including some replete with meditating Buddhas.
For those in New York City, Judy Ross Textiles is having a sample sale May 7th-9th.
Details: Thursday 12-7 / Friday 12-7 / Saturday 12-6. Location, 41 Union Square West #931 at 17th and Broadway (weekend entrance at 22 East 17th St.). Phone: 212 842-1705.
For those not in NYC (like myself), there’s the fantasy of going to a Judy Ross sample sale next weekend…
The most recent New York Times Style Magazine (“Travel Spring 2009″) has a a two page spread on 77 year old Rosita Missoni – the energy behind the Missoni brand – chronicling her decades long career designing clothes saturated with color and pattern. Missoni Home is a more recent incarnation of the brand, with a website that doesn’t give you the satisfaction of seeing items produced within the line. Instead there’s a list of retailers and dealers. Though Google searches bring back some on-line offerings it looks like the best way to see the collection is in person, in the store.
Above, the image for “Modernism” from MH_9 / Moods on the MH site.
A new line of incredibly soft 100% Alpaca cloth (lined with Merino wool) is now available “to the trade” from Sandra Jordan in a drool-worthy array of saturated colors. A great material for bedding and throws — or anything else made better by the words “soft” and “cuddly”. Above, a scan of the colorway Daffodil.
I met Laura Aviva in the blogosphere this week and am excited to explore her website for the first time. I love her concept of an on-line trunk show — both because it has a very personal feeling to it and because it sidesteps some of the usual expectations and constraints of a standard on-line store. Her current show is titled “Textile and Object.”
A big thank-you to Design Sponge for turning readers like me onto Nandini Textiles — beautiful batik / India inspired bedding (and clothing – ). Their about page is “coming soon” so I can’t say much more!
If you ever find yourself wanting to spend a significant amount of money on an antique pillow, you should definitely check out Virginia Di Sciasio’s antique textiles website. The description for the one shown above is as follows:
Early 19th century antique Italian silk flame stitching in shades of gold and slate blue on a cream colored background, hand applied onto a modern Italian silk velvet and backed in modern linen. Hand stitched brown and blue cords at top and bottom borders. Excellent Condition. Pair Available.
$1800, each.
