Spotlight on…Mourne Textiles
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Stop by Craft NI Gallery and learn more about Northern Ireland’s rich textile heritage with Mourne Textiles!
Mourne Textiles is a design-led manufacturer of woven products based in County Down. For three generations their master-weavers have produced the mid-century visions of Norwegian design pioneer and founder, Gerd Hay-Edie. Now led by Gerd’s grandson Mario Sierra, Mourne Textiles creates contemporary home furnishings inspired by a rich weaving heritage, rooted in the landscape and community of Northern Ireland – but with a contemporary, international, collaborative outlook. By harnessing the skills and traditions of the past with a modern, contemporary aesthetic, Mourne Textiles creates woven scarves, rugs and homeware products that acknowledge the rich heritage of weaving in Northern Ireland while always maintaining modern relevance.
In 2021, Mourne Textiles announced their collaboration with interiors gallery twentytwentyone and The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation. To mark their twenty-fifth anniversary, twentytwentyone have released a limited series of the iconic Robin Day Reclining Chair, one of Day’s most successful and iconic designs, upholstered in the Mourne Textiles Cloughmore fabric.
In the Gallery visitors will have the opportunity to see a selection of their luxury scarves and neck warmers, crafted from sumptuous blends of Merino, Cashmere, and Silk and woven in a timeless palette.
Photo credit: Tara Fisher
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Spotlight on…Mourne Textiles
Stop by Craft NI Gallery and learn more about Northern Ireland’s rich textile heritage with Mourne Textiles!