Narrow stripes on a plain ground, printed with the texture of the woven original. Translated from a striped linen and silk fragment at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Available as wallpaper and fabric by the yard.
Dusty blue pencil stripes on a fog grey ground. Blue and grey sit close in value, so the stripe is quiet from a distance. Up close the woven texture shows in both the stripe and the ground.
Read More...
Source: Striped woven textile fragment in linen and silk, plain weave.
Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1902-1-185.
Date: 13th century, as catalogued by Cooper Hewitt.
Repeat: 6 in × 6.2 in. Straight match.
Motif scale: Each stripe is about 0.3 in wide, spaced about 1.5 in apart, four stripes to the repeat.
Layout: Vertical stripes run the full height on a plain ground, very slightly uneven in spacing, as in a woven cloth. Adjacent lengths hang level.
Values: Two colours, ground and stripe, both printed with a woven texture; flecks of the ground colour show through the stripe.
Edge: Clean, with a slightly serrated outline where individual threads end. The blue and brown bands of the original are reduced to one repeating stripe and recoloured.
The Fabric
Decor Chenille
A short, dense pile with a velvet-like surface on a firm woven ground. Fine striations catch the light as it moves across the room, deepening the colour. Substantial weight keeps a clean line on upholstery and gives tailored drapery a decisive fall.
Composition: 100% polyester
Width: 56 in printable (57 in full)
Weight: 400 gsm
For: Upholstery, cushions, headboards, heavy drapery
Cotton Linen
A fine, even linen-cotton weave. Colour prints cleanly while the woven surface remains visible, keeping solid grounds from going flat without softening fine linework. Light in the hand, it falls in narrow, supple folds and filters light rather than blocking it.
