Founded 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.
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Erica Shamrock TextilesFrom its Brooklyn studio, Erica Shamrock Textiles develops and sources distinctive fabrics for hospitality and contract interiors, pairing nearly 20 years of industry experience with an artist’s eye for color, texture, and pattern. Founded by CEO Erica Shamrock, a fine-arts-trained textile designer, the company collaborates closely on bespoke spaces and can create custom patterns and colors. Its collections are designed to make durable, luxurious-looking interiors more attainable, including the reusable Back to Basics capsule.BROOKLYN, 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
Gretchen Bellinger IncFounded on Gretchen Bellinger’s landmark 1976 collection, Gretchen Bellinger Inc. creates distinctive woven fabrics for interiors, from classic weaves to highly detailed embroidered designs. Based in Albany, New York, the company’s nearly five decades of textile design include fabrics held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts.ALBANY, 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