Tape Trims add Sophisticated Design Detail to Dining Chairs

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Over a year or so ago I started to use tape trim on chairs for a fresh interior design detail.  As an interior designer I check out my subscriptions and notice them liberally applied in magazine photos.  Tapes are a departure from welts and stuffy gimp. 

Pink trim with small nailhead

At Hickory Chair I  provide  a drawing to customize upholstered dining chairs  for my clients such a as the chair shown. Each  chair design is distinctive and are hand made according to my specifications.  Suzanne Kasler’s Amsterdam Side Chair featured above is antique ivory covered with natural linen and  pink grosgrain ribbon secured with petite nail trim spaced every third nail in lieu of welt trim.

Samuel and Sons

Samuel & Sons Passementerie is a leading importer, designer, and distributor of  fine trims  for interior design. Exclusive collections are created with materials such as silk, wool, glass and jade. Samuel & Sons is headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1982.

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The next time you consider recovering upholstery let your imagination take hold and turn to tapes as a decorative element.

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