Elizabeth Eakins is a Connecticut design studio known for handmade interior textiles shaped by natural fibers and an understated, organic sense of color. Its rugs are made for designers and trade professionals, with custom work handled through the South Norwalk studio and distribution through Holland & Sherry showrooms worldwide.
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
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
Richard Wrightman Design, LtdFor twenty-five years, Richard Wrightman Design has worked from a former 1840s sail-canvas mill in Litchfield County, Connecticut, where a new generation of craftspeople makes furniture by hand. Known for translating the spirit of travel into contemporary design, the studio builds each commission to order for interior designers, private clients, and hospitality settings.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
Judy Ross TextilesKnown for refining a 2,500-year-old chain-stitch tradition, Judy Ross Textiles has spent more than 35 years working with master artisans to give handmade design a contemporary New York character. The studio develops custom textile pieces for interior designers and homeowners, pairing Judy Ross’s organic drawings with hand-dyed materials and careful embroidery.NEW YORK, NY