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“ world—and exploring unusual materials, textures and forms. Although

the art world has periodically overlooked tapestries as “craft,” they are
now celebrated and collected as artworks themselves.
It follows that more people are incorporating tapestries into their
TAPESTRIES interiors, too. As wall decoration, tapestries can be softer and warmer than
paintings, but just as adept at complementing interior styles. Their texture
PLAY A TRICK ON and tactility chime well with domestic environments and their range of sizes
provides options for perfecting the right look.
THE EYE, AS IF selected an abstract tapestry from contemporary artist Sussy Cazalet to anchor
In a recent project in Notting Hill, London, interior designer Nina Litchfield
THE SPACE MIGHT the living room. “I designed the space with the tapestry in mind,” says the
Brazilian-born designer. As the rest of the room was “relatively neutral,”
BE GRANDER Litchfield wanted to bring warmth and color through a large-scale addition
to the walls. Cazalet’s tapestry, sourced from the London art gallery Tristan
THAN IT IS Hoare, introduces deep red and amber tones to the room, offset by playful
” to historic tapestries for two interior schemes it produced in New York.
contrasts of green and blue. “That tapestry is so fascinating, so mesmerizing—
and it really makes the room,” Litchfield says.
New York-based architecture and design studio Workstead turned

At Prospect Park West, a Brooklyn condominium development, a striking

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