Heritage

From rock stars to landed gentry, Pat Giddens is the last of five generations of drapers who have dressed the homes of the rich and famous creating beautiful interiors to match their celebrated owners.

Over a century on from the first Giddens drapery — established by her great grandfather in 1878 — Pat now sits at the head of the business, combining impeccable heritage with contemporary style and flair.

Services

Pat Giddens Ltd employs a team of highly skilled curtain makers and upholsterers, creating exquisite curtains, blinds, upholstery and soft furnishings from its West London workshop. More than just drapers, each member of the team shares a keen eye for design and a rich knowledge of fabrics, both traditional and contemporary, enjoying close relationships with a number of top fabric designers from around the globe. The highest level of craftsmanship and attention to detail sees clients return again and again.

Portfolio

The company’s impressive portfolio includes a variety of commissions, from grand country estates and luxurious ski chalets to small rural cottages and London apartments. In addition to its roster of private clients, the team works with a number of the UK’s leading interior designers, as well as a host of national trust properties.

In addition to her drapery business, Pat also runs a beautiful homewares company called The Hackney Draper. The shop is a treasure trove of eclectic homewares, textiles, cushions and bespoke linens, curated from all over the world. The team here also makes curtains and upholstered furniture for both private clients as well as architects, interior designers and commercial businesses.

Find out more at patgiddens.co.uk

Coromandel's Handmade Crewel Embroidered fabrics could be regarded as the luxury textiles of the future, and are sure to become family heirlooms for generations to come. The upholstery weight backing cloth, which they specifically choose to have slow-made on a Handloom, and their exquisite and vibrant Crewels, which are embroidered entirely by hand, are the complete antithesis of today's throwaway culture.

Over a period of months, the beautiful and durable fabrics are handmade, slowly but surely, by highly skilled artisans in a village based cottage industry in Kashmir. This slow process of human interaction, creating something beautiful solely by hand, is in direct contrast to the frenetic setting in which most cloth is now more cheaply made by power looms in city based factories.

By using only 100% natural and biodegradable fibres and dyes, Coromandel produce unique and appealing fabrics which are toxin and plastic free. At Coromandel, they believe that creating luxury curtains and fine upholstery for truly bespoke interiors does not need to be at the expense of the natural world. Their eco-friendly, slow made Crewel and Handloom fabrics are designed to be kind to the environment, as well as to us.

As Mahatma Gandhi said ' There is more to life than increasing its speed'.

For further details vist www.coromandel.co.uk