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Anke Drechsel Mushroom I hand embroidered silk velvet crimson spotted cap cream gold stem full view
Anke Drechsel Mushroom I crimson velvet cap white embroidered spots close up detail
Anke Drechsel Mushroom III cream velvet stem forest embroidery olive green brown taupe detail
Anke Drechsel Mushroom I II III group shot three silk velvet mushrooms together
Anke Drechsel

Mushroom I

$138 USD
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$34.50 USD

The Mushroom I is an amanita in silk velvet — deep crimson cap scattered with hand-embroidered white spots, the form so precisely observed it reads as both decorative object and botanical study. The stem is cream velvet, worked with fine gold embroidery: fern fronds and seed heads, delicate and unhurried. The two surfaces — cap and stem — are distinct in colour, texture and embroidery, and the junction between them is finished with a small cream velvet frill.

Designed in Germany and made by hand in India, each mushroom is embroidered on the frame, piece by piece, with fabric dyed to Drechsel's own colour specifications. Sold individually. Works well grouped with Mushroom II and Mushroom III.

Dimensions: 20H × 10.5W 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.
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