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Textiles Portfolio
Our ethos is centered on the belief that an object is truly beautiful only when it is created in a way that is mindful of our community and our planet’s resources.
Our textiles and wallcoverings are crafted with the highest possible standard of quality, making them enduring accents that, with care, can be cherished for a lifetime.
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We honor India’s legacy of handmade craft by supporting traditional production techniques, many of which have remained unchanged for centuries. In an economic climate that increasingly prioritizes speed and convenience, we are proud to help sustain these traditions with the hope that they will continue to flourish for generations to come.
Our textiles are printed one yard at a time with hand carved wood blocks by master craftspeople at our partner workshop in Bangalore, India. Using traditional techniques passed down through generations, these artisans translate works of art on paper into dynamic, layered compositions that retain nuances of the handmade.
The Indian tradition of printing on fabric using carved wooden blocks dates back to the 12th century, and the technique has remained largely unchanged since the early Mughal era. To this day, artisans carefully align each block by relying solely on a trained eye.
The wood blocks used in our block printing workshop are hand carved out of teak wood, and each block can be used to print 500-800 yards of fabric. All of the dyes used to create our block printed textiles are hand mixed and GOTS-certified.
Our hand-block printed textiles are crafted using GOTS-certified dyes on cotton, linen, and wool — natural fibers that, at the end of their life cycles, are safely biodegradable.
Weaving is one of the oldest known surviving crafts in the world. Created by interlacing two sets of yarns or threads at right angles, weaving is an essential process that forms the foundation for each of our textiles.
Our non-performance textiles are woven in South India from natural, biodegradable fibers including cotton, linen and wool. Each fabric is produced on dobby and jacquard looms.
SANKEY
A textured, chunky and reversible woven pattern named after Bangalore’s oldest and most iconic manmade lake, Sankey Tank, home to a vast variety of flora and fauna. This is a reversible pattern suitable for drapery and upholstery.
Width: 55”
Cuttable
Repeat: 0.6” V, 0.8” H 100% COTTON
Tanjore
Width: 51” Cuttable
Repeat: 9.8” V, 4.5” H
60% LINEN 40% COTTON
The basketweave embroidery of this textile draws from the intricate borders of saris from Tanjore, a city in southern India noted for its royal patronage of textile crafts. The linear patterning of Tanjore creates a harmonious interplay between hand-block printed and embroidered elements.
NANDI
Rendered in hand block print punctuated by embroidered accents, Nandi is a lively all-over stripe.
TERRACOTTA
Width: 51” Cuttable
Repeat: 7.9” V, 6.5” H
60% LINEN 40% COTTON
MONSOON BLUE
KOLAM
Width: 51” Cuttable
Repeat: 7.9” V, 8.7” H
60% LINEN 40% COTTON
Kolam is named for the traditional practice of decorating the entrance of a home with intricate geometric designs drawn in rice flour — a daily ritual intended to invite prosperity. This textile unites hand-block print and embroidery in a dynamic checkerboard scheme.
LALBAGH
Width: 51”
Cuttable
Repeat: 31.5” V, 17” H
100% LINEN
Chikankari is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow in northern India in which artisans trace temporary block printed designs with stitches to create works of extraordinary detail. After the embroidered design is completed, the finished piece is carefully washed to remove traces of the printed pattern. There are references to embroidery similar to chikankari in India that date back as early as the 3rd century BC.
Blooms, vines, and seed pods convene in Lalbagh, an embroidered floral named for a historic botanical garden in Bangalore crowned by an ornate 19th-century glass pavilion.
