Best of British Contract and Interior Textiles: Humphries Weaving
01/02/2021
Humphries Weaving specialises in custom Jacquard fabric, popular for curtains, upholstery and walling. Fabrics are fully customisable and woven to order in line with every individual project brief, utilising the teams’ skills and knowledge of research and consultancy, design, weave construction, colour, sampling and production.
Humphries Weaving combine their expert knowledge and unique textile archive to produce woven fabric that accurately represents the status and heritage of some of the world’s most prestigious buildings. Clients include British Embassies abroad, Government Buildings and Commercial headquarters, where retaining or instilling a sense of heritage, promoting craftmanship and showcasing the best of Made in Britain is key.
All of their fabric is bespoke and tailored to the unique interior or end use. Their work can be seen as walling, curtains and upholstery, ranging from jewel coloured opulence to refined simplicity in British Embassies in Moscow, Vienna, Morocco, Prague and Cairo. The image below depicts a deep rust-coloured silk damask for walling and curtains designed and woven by Humphries Weaving, used in the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, pictured here during a Reception hosted by UKFT in collaboration The Clothworkers’ Company in February 2020.
