Callidus Guild
C a l l id us
Callidus
Guild
“Throughout history, things were considered luxurious because they took a long time to make and required special knowledge and care. Sensitivity to the people who make something the materials they use, their working conditions is what creates true luxury. For me, there is no beauty without ethics.”
— Yolande Milan Batteau
Callidus Guild Collection brings a deeper meaning to luxury. Driven by profound respect for craft and commitment to quality handmade goods, Tai Ping has engaged Brooklyn-based atelier Callidus Guild for this hand-knotted collaboration. Best known for original wallcoverings, Callidus Guild is the vision of Yolande Milan Batteau, of aesthetic and decorative skills to the studio. These patterns translate the atelier’s expressive wall works into innovative textiles, employing silk, wool, mohair, and linen to render the experience tactile. The result is six dynamic compositional designs and four small-scale patterns in multiple colourways — a total of eighteen new carpets.
In her work across mediums, Batteau draws inspiration new expressions of traditional artforms through iterative experimentation. The compositions in Callidus Guild Collection nod to woodblock printing, Italian lime plaster, and Japanese urushi, thoughtfully reinterpreting techniques such as a three-way tie-dye process, the carpets achieve a striking interplay of tonal depth.
Produced in Nepal by highly skilled artisans, Tai Ping’s Callidus Guild Collection continues the ethos of its design by celebrating the technique of hand-knotting in Tibetan knot quality.
Gratitude I Peignoir - 100 knots, silk / wool
Gratitude I Cloud - 100 knots, silk / wool
Gratitude I Platinum - 100 knots, silk / wool
Cirrus I Madder - 100 knots, silk
Ribbon Gesture I Agate - 100 knots, wool / silk
Seeded I Cloud - 100 knots, wool / metallic lurex
Seeded II Mauve - 100 knots, silk / wool / metallic lurex
Seeded III Graphite - 100 knots, silk / metallic lurex
Akoya I Blue Rose - 100 knots, wool / silk / mohair
Permia I Dove - 100 knots, wool / silk
Permia I Merlot - 100 knots, wool / silk
Raschel I Passion - 100 knots, wool / linen / silk / mohair
Raschel I Sito - 100 knots, wool / linen / silk / mohair
Pennant I Caviar - 100 knots, silk / wool / metallic lurex
Lineage I Platinum - 100 knots, silk / wool / linen / metallic lurex
Solace I Chamois - 100 knots, wool / silk
Solace II Madder - 100 knots, silk / metallic lurex
Solace III Agate - 100 knots, wool / silk / metallic lurex
EUROPE
PARIS (Flagship)
3, place des Victoires 75001 Paris
France
T. +33 1 42 22 96 54 paris@taipingcarpets.com
HAMBURG
Steinhöft 11 20459 Hamburg
Germany
T. +49 40 80 81 94 90 hamburg@taipingcarpets.com
LONDON
117-119 Fulham Road
London SW3 6RL
T. +44 207 808 9650 london@taipingcarpets.com
MILAN
Piazza San Simpliciano 20121 Milano
Italy
T. +39 02 83 43 96 20 italy@taipingcarpets.com
MIDDLE EAST
DUBAI dubai@taipingcarpets.com
RIYADH
Gallery Design Riyadh N° 580 Takhassusi Street Mohammadia District Riyadh-Saudi Arabia
T. +966 11 200 2360 info@gallerydesign.com.sa
KHOBAR Gallery Design Khobar Prince Turkey Street Khobar 34611
Saudi Arabia
T. +966 13 864 7667 info@gallerydesign.com.sa
Locations
AMERICAS
NEW YORK (Flagship) 150 East 58th Street Eleventh Floor
New York, NY 10155
T. +1 212 979 2233 ny@taipingcarpets.com
CHICAGO
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 1487
Chicago, IL 60654
T. +1 312 644 0400 chicago@taipingcarpets.com
DANIA BEACH DCOTA Suite C228
Dania Beach, FL 33004
T. +1 954 923 4888 dania@taipingcarpets.com
DALLAS 1025 N. Stemmons Freeway Suite 310 Dallas, TX 75207
T. +1 214 741 4215 dallas@taipingcarpets.com
LOS ANGELES
8687 Melrose Avenue Suite B324
Los Angeles, CA 90069
T. +1 310 652 3058 la@taipingcarpets.com
SAN FRANCISCO 111 Rhode Island Street Suite F
San Francisco, CA 94103
T. +1 415 431 4373 sf@taipingcarpets.com
OCEANIA
SYDNEY
Unit 4/10 Bradford Street
Alexandria 2015 NSW
Australia
T. +61 2 8595 1111
MELBOURNE
15-19 Amsterdam Street
Richmond VIC 3121
Australia
T. +61 3 9421 2225
ASIA
HONG KONG (Headquarters) No. 1803, 18/F 909 Cheung Sha Wan Road Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon
T. +852 2848 7668 hongkong@taipingcarpets.com
HONG KONG (Showroom)
Shop L106-07, Level 1 Nan Fung Place 173 Des Voeux Road Central T. +852 2522 7138 hk@taipingcarpets.com
SHANGHAI (Flagship)
Shop 102, Le Rendez-Vous No.188 Middle Huaihai Road Huangpu District Shanghai 200021 China T. +86 21 6067 3791 shanghai@taipingcarpets.com
TAIPEI
Shops 209-211, 2/F
The Arcade Mandarin Oriental 166 Dun Hua North Road Taipei 105 Taiwan
T. +886 2 2718 0469 taipei@taipingcarpets.com
PHNOM PENH
Unit B2, Vattanac
Capital Mall No 66 Preah Monivong Blvd, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T. +855 70 259 960 cambodia@taipingcarpets.com
FOR MORE LOCATIONS
www.taipingcarpets.com/ contact-us
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Story Company - Studio
Andrew Bordwin - Location
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Lauren S. Eickenberg