An escape, like in Renaissance paintings, to another landscape. Like a window opening onto another world. A new view to hang on the wall.

In fact, that’s what it’s called: “The sky within a room”! It’s a very contemplative landscape, one you won’t tire of looking at and one in which you can immerse yourself, always discovering new details, extra nuances and new interpretations. It’s ultimately something very intimate.

The curtain was an idea that emerged quite early on, I think. Before the tapestry. In fact, we weren’t sure where we were heading at first with this landscape. We wanted to produce a design together, something from our imaginations, and let it rest, to see…

After a while, Constance came up with the idea of a tapestry.

I love tapestry; it’s a craft I really like, and it involves true precision work. I often buy antique tapestries for my home, at auction, for example. I wanted our brand to showcase this amazing expertise, which continues to exist through the hands of the men and women who devote their lives to it! It’s not an obsolete, dead art form, quite the contrary. I think there’s even been a genuine revival of interest in tapestry in recent years.

The weavers work on Jacquard looms. They manipulate five colours of thread to create thousands of visual colours: that’s the real skill of jacquard weaving. Starting with an original design, the pattern is created, with colour codes derived from complex calculations and precise testing, and this serves as the basis for weaving the tapestry. They manage the yarn tension, weaving speed, etc. And the craftspeople set to work using mechanical looms. For the curtains, our Italian partner workshops weave a canvas and a digital print of the landscape is applied to that.

The work the craftspeople do is awe-inspiring They are truly at one with their machine: barely touching it, just listening to the sound of the heddles; they know when a thread breaks or when there’s an error. In fact, they often say that the tapestry is alive and that they need to work without earplugs to listen to it. And it moves with the air according to the season, temperature, humidity and even the time of day. Sometimes, bad weather prevents them from weaving for several days because the yarn is not as supple as it should be or because of some other characteristic… The tapestry stretches and relaxes all the time. Like a being.

It was a pleasure, a real luxury, to be able to work with these traditional skills and expertise applied to this contemporary design.

It’s also about people. Marc-Antoine Kerkhof ‘s enthusiasm stands out. He’s passionate about his work.

And Caroline, the colour magician… She is the one who managed to find the exact tones and shades to ensure complete accuracy in the colours of this tapestry. Because in tapestry, a colour isn’t just a colour; it’s a mixture of threads that we have no idea are intertwined. Finished colours are often indefinable because it all comes down to the tiniest nuance.

I’d put the wallpaper where there’s a window missing.

For me, above a bed, as a headboard. Or a sofa or a sideboard. So I could look at it all the time! Tapestry has a patina; it lives, it evolves, and it moves. The curtains can be hung in front of any window, and when they’re closed, they conjure up a different landscape… They’re perhaps a little less risky than the tapestry.

For ourselves, first and foremost! (Laughs)

For people from all walks of life and of all ages. Tapestry isn’t old-fashioned! The design is modern, and the material is warm. It brings the generations together.