Tufting, that virtuoso display of the upholsterer’s art, first appeared in the 1700s. For stuffing too thick to be quilted, the technique adds comfort and dimensionality to furniture like the masculine, clubby Chesterfield sofa. Here, thirteen modern uses of tufting, for rooms modern and romantic, public and private.
Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More