Chelsea Textiles

Toile de Joie is a whimsical printed fabric and wallpaper from the mind of influential Catalan artist Ramiro Fernandez Saus , capturing the imaginative thrill of discovering unexplored lands.
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The fabric, now also available as a wallpaper in a smaller scale, becomes a jungle harbouring hidden locations, figures & animals that reveal themselves the more the scene is explored.

“My characters are poetic figures: they don’t have a logical explanation. They arrive to me in an intuitive way and most of the time I don’t know why. But I can always tell for sure if they are going to enlighten the mystery in the painting:”
- Ramiro Fernandez Saus

Chelsea Textiles launched its first collection of Gustavian furniture in 2004. Since that time, the collection has grown, incorporating other Swedish periods such as Baroque and Rococo.
The combination of muted colours, elegant silhouettes, and the practicality of Gustavian furniture makes it equally at home in traditional rooms as more contemporary settings.

Made by hand using sustainable materials, each piece is uniquely hand-painted and hand-distressed by master craftsmen.
The worn paint finish found in the original pieces is faithfully reproduced with multiple layers of paint and standing to achieve an authentic look.

Celebrate World Embroidery Day with Chelsea Textiles

Over the past thirty years, Chelsea Textiles has faithfully recreated rare antique embroideries of the Queen Anne, William and Mary, and Louis the 16th periods, sourced through extensive research into French and English archives.

The company prides itself on using only authentic materials, handworked by master craftsmen into unique pieces which will stand the test of time, to become antique textiles for future generations.

Pictured above is the ornate Palm Tree of Life, featuring a wonderful variety of exotic birds, wonderfully brought to life by master embroiderers.

Palm Tree of Life is available in two colourways.

Taking inspiration from an 18th century English antique curtain, and brought to life by the company’s master embroiderers, Chelsea Textiles’ Tree of Babylon is a wonderfully hand-embroidered fabric resplendent with orange fruits, flowers, and exotic birds.

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Chelsea Textiles’ magnificent hand-embroidered Tree of Knowledge, based on a traditional 18th century English antique, and hand-crafted by master artisans.
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Explore Chelsea Textiles’ iconic collection of Tree of Life hand-embroidered fabrics on the website.

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Venetian Damask by for Chelsea Textiles - Inspired by the traditions of printed papers & woven silk damask in Venice.

Damask, named after the city of Damascus where it was made from the middle ages onward, takes shapes derived from nature and abstracted into patterns over hundreds of years, travelling from east to west along the silk road, bringing its exotic garden of idealised plant forms to the finest medieval interiors.

The ornate Venetian Damask fabric is printed in England on three linen grounds across a palette of six colours, and is also available as a beautiful fine-art wallpaper.

Kit Kemp’s collection for Chelsea Textiles is inspired by her love of the magical and lyrical, and of animals, both real and imaginary.

Featuring a series of characters and patterns that have a primitive, almost folkloric feel, the collection shows a series of narratives that playfully unfold, from a star gazing dog and a sailor’s farewell, to mythical creatures and a modern take on a Suzani.

Explore Kit Kemp’s collaboration with Chelsea Textiles on the Chelsea Textiles website.

Chelsea Textiles’ collection of silks are available in a range of timeless styles and signature colours.
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Expertly woven using historic looms and century-old techniques, Chelsea Textiles’ collection of pure silk and silk damask blends, features a harmonious palette inspired by faded 18th-century silk remnants. These textiles drape with a lustrous finish, offering a subtle and sophisticated charm.

Featuring (in order)- Amboise Stripe, Damas de Louis, and Beauregard.

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Chelsea Textiles’ iconic Wisteria hand-embroidered wallpaper is also available as a wonderfully detailed wallpaper.

Traditionally printed England, Chelsea Textiles’ Wisteria wallpaper mimics the original hand-embroidered version, giving the illusion of raised French knots and stitch work.

Wisteria wallpaper is available in Chelsea Textiles’ signature muted colours, perfectly complementing its Essentials fabric collections.

Throughout the London Craft Week, Chelsea Textiles played host to mesmerising live demonstrations of hand-embroidery led by one of the company’s master embroiderers.

The public enjoyed daily presentations of this timeless artform, exploring both the wonderful embroideries on show and the various techniques used to create them.

Chelsea Textiles would like to thank Abu Bakkar for journeying to London to demonsrate his wonderful artisanal skills.

Delicate beauty from the 18th century. Found in the Chelsea Textiles Archive, these hand-embroidered floral motifs on a scalloped trellis base are a testament to timeless craftsmanship.

Revisiting Verdant, the flourishing new addition to Chelsea Textile’s collaboration with Robert Kime.

In a careful reimagining of an early 18th century English textile, this large-scale, hand-embroidered linen fabric features delicate florals in an open, yet sprawling design.

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Depicted here with a palette warm in rich golds and sun-drenched greens, Verdant in Green conjures the pastoral image of a wild field in midsummer.

Replete in serene blues and delicate silvers, Verdant in Blue evokes fresh white blossom, or the crispness of an early morning frost.

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From the Chelsea Textiles Archive-

This beautiful Tree of Life hand-embroidered fabric taken from the Chelsea Textiles Archive is one of company’s earlier crewelworks, having been faithfully reproduced from an English antique for the past 25 years.

Featuring a variety of exotic and native wildlife amidst a lush flurry of ornate oversized leaves, this serene embroidery featuring stags, squirrels, birds, and acorns is one of elegant pastoral beauty.

One can find motifs from this bucolic design in everything from the bespoke ‘Tree of Life with Squirrels’ fabric, to the ‘Tree of Life with Stag’ and ‘Tree of Life with Squirrel and Hounds’ hand-embroidered cushions, both of which are available to purchase from the Chelsea Textiles Online Emporium.

Celebrate London’s Belgravia in Bloom with Chelsea Textiles!
With this year’s theme of ‘Floral Fun and Games’, Chelsea Textiles’ Pimlico Road showroom is adorned with a whimsical, flourishing display of playful pups and jovial canines relishing in their favourite pastimes!

Chelsea Textiles is proud to announce that for this display we were awarded ‘Most Innovative’ at the Belgravia in Bloom Awards 2024!

To welcome the start of London’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, we’d love to share with you all this wonderfully floral 18th century hand-embroidery from the extensive Chelsea Textiles’ Archive!

All this week in London, Chelsea Textiles will also be celebrating ‘s Belgravia in Bloom: come visit the Pimlico Road Showroom and see our verdant, whimsical outdoor display! We’d love to see you, and please do share your photos with us!

Belgravia is officially in Bloom! Come and see our joyful flower display on Pimlico Road 🌸🐕