When your sofa is full up the obvious place to put your spare cushions is in that bath tub in the corner of your lounge. We have several new Spring 2015 collections waiting to hit the sewing machines of London.
Cushions
What is Mohair Velvet?
Mohair velvet is a fabric ideally suited for upholstery. The mohair wool from which it is made is 100% natural and is inherently fire retardant, usually to contract (hotel) standards. It is also typically hard-wearing, making it suitable for a busy home, a home cinema, a restaurant, or a hotel.
Mohair wool comes from a goat. Other natural wools from alpaca or sheep have similar properties. Mohair velvet is simply the most widely known for upholstery use. Cotton, linen, and silk are all natural fibres that can be made into velvets. Man-made fibres such as Trevira, viscose, and nylon can also be made into velvets, either alone or mixed with natural fibres.
For full specification data including Martindale rub counts and inherent Crib 5 fire ratings across the Kothea mohair velvet range, see the mohair velvet upholstery page.
Request Samples
Order cutting samples of any fabric from our current collections. Trade accounts only.
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Mohair Velvet Faux Leather Cashmere Throws Silks Linen Textured Upholstery
Specification Guides
Buying Guide by Purpose Crib 5 Fire Guide Martindale Rub Test BS 5867 Curtains Marine Fabric
Textile Pinking Machines
For the emergency fabric samples that we sometimes have to make when we are out of stock of samples we use the GOLDSTAR pinking machine. Here’s a quick youtube video from the manufacturer
And here is another one that looks a bit more industrial strength.
11 Top London Upholsterers – London Upholstery At Its Very Best
Here are a great selection of London based upholstery companies. Some of them are relatively small and other are very considerable and long-established companies. They are not necessarily at the upper end of the market, nor the bottom. I guess I could more easily say here is a range of upholstery and re-upholstery companies in London ! Enjoy, in no particular order.
Barnes Upholstery – 020 8255 9797 info@barnesupholstery.co.uk/
Sofa And Chair Co – 020 8752 8938 info@thesofaandchair.co.uk
Whilst we have dealt with some of these companies as clients this post is not intended as a specific recommendation, or otherwise, of any of them.
SJ Upholstery 078 7652 8213
Moore’s Upholstery – 020 8421 5448
Chelsea Upholstery 020 7384 1666 info@chelseaupholstery.co.uk
Brown Antiques 020 7736 4141 sales@brownantiques.com
Fine Line Upholstery – 020 7407 7438 info@finelineupholstery.co.uk
Upholstery Village – 020 7731 6586 UpholsteryVillage@hotmail.co.uk
HJ Cooper – 020 8788 8673 enquiries@hjcooper.com
Barnett Upholstery 020 7622 9347 s.carter@barnettupholsteries.co.uk
7 Upholstery – 020 7613 4925 upholsterye27dj@yahoo.co.uk
Beige Velvet Upholstery
Image re-blogged from mysweetsavannah; we love the Beige Velvet Upholstery, nicely complementing the faux rustic decor and grass-cloth rugs. KOTHEA mohair velvets complement many of their other velvets with fine cashmere & silk velvet being the most luxurious for interiors such as this.
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Beige Faux Leather Upholstery
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Off- white faux leather upholstery
We like the unusual off-white faux leather upholstery on this circular, sunken seating area. A much more refined version of the increasingly popular BBQ pit. KOTHEA white faux leather upholstery is emminently suitable for this type of area with high levels of durability for home or contract applications.
Textured Upholstery
Some nice Textured Upholstery on the sofas in this interior from Armstrong Keyworth. This looks like a warehouse conversion of sorts. Nice combination of clean new lines with renovated brickwork. Textured upholstery is always a good route to take when considering the fabric in your interior scheme. It’s not just about colour schemes texture and touch are also important to the people who will end up living there.
Pink chairs grey walls
Pink chairs grey walls and a very subtle pink at that. Nice combination. Nice room – similar upholstery samples are available from us, here.
Pink Velvet Upholstery
Pink Velvet Upholstery can be a little too much on the eye sometimes but we like this chair (maybe not the floor!). You can get samples from us here.