23-08-2021, 06:43 PM
After leaving behind the frustrations of the buying group, I have been quietly working with a weaving company, to reproduce the so called “Tapestry” fabric. In my opinion, we have successfully achieved a reasonably faithful reproduction of the original. All the main elements are there to give it the ‘look and feel’ of the original fabric - the pattern, the 4 colours and is of a similar weight.
However, it is not a 100% true ‘carbon copy’ of the original as that was not feasible as we had to work with the aged original material samples that were available, the technical capabilities of the looms and for cost purposes use their standard yarn colours. None the less, hopefully, still a very suitable and now easily available option for those with upholstery cars.
My very early RL is currently being re-upholstered using this fabric.
Should anyone want to pursue this further the weaving company is Humphries Weaving who are based in Sudbury, Suffolk. The contact person there is Kevin Reeve Tel: 01787 466670. This fabric has been named “Austin Deco” by Humphries Weaving.
There is a 15m minimum run quantity.
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However, it is not a 100% true ‘carbon copy’ of the original as that was not feasible as we had to work with the aged original material samples that were available, the technical capabilities of the looms and for cost purposes use their standard yarn colours. None the less, hopefully, still a very suitable and now easily available option for those with upholstery cars.
My very early RL is currently being re-upholstered using this fabric.
Should anyone want to pursue this further the weaving company is Humphries Weaving who are based in Sudbury, Suffolk. The contact person there is Kevin Reeve Tel: 01787 466670. This fabric has been named “Austin Deco” by Humphries Weaving.
There is a 15m minimum run quantity.
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