The Luxus Lobster in Candy is hand-embroidered across its entire upper surface in sequins — a rose-red and silver mix that shifts and catches the light as the piece is handled. Turn it over and the underside is plain silk velvet, the contrast between the two surfaces as considered as everything else Anke Drechsel makes.
Designed in Germany and made by hand in India, the Luxus Lobster belongs to a body of work Drechsel has developed over decades — objects that occupy the space between decorative art and keepsake. The Candy colourway runs warm red into cool silver, the sequins doing what sequins do best when the light moves across them.
L40 × W27 cm
Hand-applied sequins and bugle beads on 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.
