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Sumptuous Upholstery Fabrics for French Furniture Pt 2
Part 2 of frenchfinds.co.uk blog post on sourcing bright and different fabric ideas for upholstering fantastic French furniture pieces like beds, chairs and accessories (you can find part 1 here).
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Sumptuous and bright fabrics for antique and vintage French furniture upholstery Pt1
At Frenchfinds.co.uk We get asked a lot about reupholstery for our original antique and vintage French furniture especially our French Capitone and Corbeille beds. Having come direct from France, some of these French beds need some a loving change of fabric to revitalise them. Once done they look stunning and can become either a centre-piece to a bedroom or a fantastic accompanying piece to the rest of the room.
Most of the antique or vintage French beds we find are quite often in a damask or jacquard fabric which looks beautiful in its original condition but can sometimes be hard to find.
Having seen some of the blow away results of a reupholstered bed finished in a contemporary Designer’s Guild fabric (for a client’s teenage daughter), we were tempted to find out what other bold fabrics are available for upholstering French furniture. This is part 1 of a 2 part post (mainly due to the number of thumbnails). Continue reading
Top tips for choosing an upholstery fabric for French furniture
Frenchfinds French corbeille bed covered in Designers' Guild material
There is a veritable feast of fantastic fabrics available out there with temptingly luscious colours and endless possibilities for revitalising antique furniture or making a bold statement within a room.
At Frenchfinds we have seen how the simple, sublime and explosively colourful can all work exceptionally well with French antique and vintage furniture.
But before getting lost in the heady maze of suppliers, fabric websites and inspirational interior design blogs, we suggest it is worth ticking off some simple check points.
