There are places I visit that cause the immediate sensation of being in another world. Certain cities and locations transport me with a sense of connection to my imagination: places I visit that seem to me most dreamlike, such as Venice, Seville, and Beijing. These places inspire great flights of creativity.
Or Shangri-La, which is the cityscape I imagined while creating my third collection of trimmings for Samuel & Sons. Inspired as well by the sheer beauty of the techniques of artisanal craft and handwork, I began drawing the most romantic and timeless effects I could dream. Thus, this new passementerie collection for Samuel & Sons explores patterns through ethereal, hand-beaded, embroidered silk and linen borders, in a broad palette of sumptuous hues.
You can see the gorgeous color choices for all five styles in the Shangri-La collection in the Samuel & Sons section of my website. Enjoy!
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Trimmed in Aslan, featuring bugle beads surrounded by petite seed beads.
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The Mandarin Cloud beaded border, in Seacrest and Pale Gold.
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The Elysian trim on this bench, in D’Or, is a mystical botanical pattern of lustrous leaves. The bedskirt’s China Cloud border is in Chantilly Cream.
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China Cloud adorns the bed with organic renderings of hand-embroidered French knots and satin stitches on linen; Elysian borders the draperies.
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The chair features an ornate, celestial pattern I call Mandarin Cloud, in a hue we named “Smudge.” Another pattern, Diamond Constellation in “Ash,” sets off the drapery.
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