by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A raw silk fabric traditionally made from tussar or wild silk woven with a slightly nubby, uneven texture; it takes its name from the Chinese province of Shandong, though is now also produced in India and Thailand. It is sometimes called Nankeen or Rajah (the...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
An untanned sharkskin, ray skin, leather, or fabric that has been embossed, woven or printed to resemble the pebbled patterning and colouring of real shark skin; it is available in many colours from both a realistic and a high fashion palette. The subtle colouring of...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
Describes long pile floor rugs. Or shag pile. Silk, wool, cotton, linen and mixed fibres make up into luxurious shaggy rugs in any colour and many interesting design combinations of stripes, sculpting and pile length to supplement the favourite single length pile Long...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
Uses to describe a style of furnishings that is at once comfortable and smart- typical of the more casual way of living associated with the lat 20C . The term which has now spread far and wide was first coined during an interview in the World of Interiors...
by Heather Luke | Jun 24, 2015
A cloth made of wool and linen mixed, and a traditional Jewish prohibition from wearing it. Leviticus 19.19 exhorts the Jews not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together… Scholars such as Josephus suggest this was to prevent the laity from wearing...
