Amy Karyn began her Hopewell design business in 1992 with pillows made from antique fabrics, a textile heritage that still shapes the studio today. Founded by Rhode Island School of Design textile-design graduate Amy Karyn, the firm creates residential interiors for clients in Princeton and surrounding New Jersey communities, with its hand-printed fabrics providing a distinctive thread.
Carolyn Ray IncFor 40 years, Carolyn Ray Inc has turned a fine-art sensibility and observations of nature into original fabrics and wallcoverings for interiors. Its Rockland County, New York studio brings design and production together, handpainting and experimenting with materials to create richly layered surfaces, including made-to-order solutions and one-of-a-kind art pieces. The company’s award-winning work belongs to the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.YONKERS, NY
ES Home Textile StudioFrom a home-based operation to a brick-and-mortar studio in Nyack, ES Home Textile Studio creates custom, handmade textiles for residential interiors. Hungarian seamstress Erika Szente has devoted more than 40 years to the craft, beginning as a hatmaker in New York City in 1991, and now works alongside her daughter Sara Rose in the woman-owned family business. The studio serves both homeowners and interior designers, carrying European drapery traditions into carefully measured, fabricated, and installed pieces.NYACK, NY
YOMA Textiles, IncFounded in New York’s SoHo district in 1987 by Kathryn Hinkle and Lee Olson, YOMA Textiles creates woven fabrics for residential, contract, and hospitality interiors. The women-owned small business is known for an integrated collection shaped by Olson’s design work and for developing custom fabrics, including new designs and exact color matches, through long-standing relationships with textile mills around the world. YOMA now operates from Manhattan’s historic Bennett Building and has built a nationwide network of designers, showrooms, and project partners.NEW YORK, NY
Chapas Textiles, IncFrom its Brooklyn studio, Chapas Textiles creates bespoke hand-woven fabrics for the interiors trade, tailoring each pattern, color and yardage to a specific project. Founded by hand weaver Tara Chapas in 2008, the studio draws on a family weaving tradition from Evoia, Greece, while its fabrics are made in the United States by trained American artisans. Its project-by-project collaboration connects interior designers directly with textile artisans, and a portion of profits supports small-business loans for artisans around the world.BROOKLYN, NY