The Medal Cushion in Light Brown places a single repeated motif across its entire face: a circle of densely packed silver-gold metallic thread, each one worked in tight concentric loops that catch and hold the light. The dots are even in spacing but subtly irregular in their surface — the metallic thread slightly raised, almost granular in texture. The ground is a crushed light brown silk velvet that shifts between warm amber and deeper tobacco tones, the velvet pile moving freely between them.
Designed in Germany and made by hand in India, each Medal 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.
