Storm Blue Cushion - Ukiyo-E Needlepoint

Storm Blue Cushion - Ukiyo-E NeedlepointUkiyo e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries. Made famous by Hokusai and Hiroshige, these paintings and woodblock prints depict daily life in a bold, graphic style to stunning effect. A particularly wonderful example is Evening Rain at Eitai Bridge, a print designed by Hiroshige in 1840, which inspired our Ukiyo e fabric collection and now our Ukiyo e cushion. The design, created here in needlepoint, showcases

ornate lace-inspired patterns elegantly overlay a mottled grey-blue Bonaparte velvet ground

and his wife Mary's

Hand-painted branches

This refined option offers contemporary elegance and subtle

where dynamic bamboo stems form a natural framework for climbing vines

Set A - Chaffinch

these geometric forms are hand-rendered using a mixture of metallic embroidery threads on a velvet background

where the design is depicted using a silk velvet with cotton over-embroidery

we reinterpreted a small section of such a tapestry in needlepoint

Inspired by swan neck moulding

during the 60s and 70s

After Morandi draws inspiration from Giorgio Morandi's contemplative still life compositions