The Lola Cushion in Antique Gold carries a single large composition across its face: scrolling stems bearing open roses in rose-pink and coral, star-shaped flowers in powder blue, toothed leaves edged in teal and chartreuse, and small daisy blooms in dusty pink. The embroidery is generous in scale and varied in technique — satin stitch, raised padded forms, fine stem stitch — worked on a bright antique gold silk velvet that shifts between amber and deeper gold as the pile moves in the light.
Designed in Germany and made by hand in India, each Lola Cushion is embroidered on the frame, piece by piece, with fabric dyed to Drechsel's own colour specifications.
Dimensions: 45 × 45 cm
Hand embroidered silk velvet.
ABOUT the MAKER
Anke Drechsel
Anke Drechsel has worked from her atelier in Karlsruhe since 1986, designing silk velvet cushions and home textiles that are made entirely by hand in India. Each piece is dyed to her own colour specifications and embroidered on the frame by skilled artisans, a process that is slow by intention, and visible in the result. Tessuti carries a curated selection of Drechsel's cushions and decorative objects: plain velvets finished with fringe, and embroidered pieces worked in silk thread on grounds that shift with the light. These are things made to be lived with.
