Carolina Irving designed the Vine motif with her daughters Olympia and Ariadne, taking the dense black needlework of Elizabethan blackwork — those Tudor collars stiff with thread — and translating it into pottery blue on white linen. Every cloth is embroidered by hand in small Indian ateliers, in batches that don’t pretend to be larger than they are.
What we like is the restraint. The blue isn’t French country, isn’t Greek island, isn’t the cobalt you’ve already seen at every summer wedding. It sits closer to a glazed ceramic than a textile, which means it works alongside the dishware most American homes already own: white plates, terracotta, wood, a single olive branch in a jug.
At 245 x 185 cm it covers a standard eight-seater with the drop most people want. $475 is real money — but it’s a bestseller for a reason, and at the hand-embroidered linen tier, you don’t beat this one on craft.
245 cm x 185 cm (96.5″ x 73″)
100% linen
Hand-embroidered in India
Designed by Carolina Irving with Olympia and Ariadne Irving
Vine collection — also available in pink, yellow, and green
Carolina Irving & Daughters Blue Vine Tablecloth
Carolina Irving designed the Vine motif with her daughters Olympia and Ariadne, taking the dense black needlework of Elizabethan blackwork — those Tudor collars stiff with thread — and translating it into pottery blue on white linen. Every cloth is embroidered by hand in small Indian ateliers, in batches that don’t pretend to be larger than they are.
What we like is the restraint. The blue isn’t French country, isn’t Greek island, isn’t the cobalt you’ve already seen at every summer wedding. It sits closer to a glazed ceramic than a textile, which means it works alongside the dishware most American homes already own: white plates, terracotta, wood, a single olive branch in a jug.
At 245 x 185 cm it covers a standard eight-seater with the drop most people want. $475 is real money — but it’s a bestseller for a reason, and at the hand-embroidered linen tier, you don’t beat this one on craft.
245 cm x 185 cm (96.5″ x 73″)
100% linen
Hand-embroidered in India
Designed by Carolina Irving with Olympia and Ariadne Irving
Vine collection — also available in pink, yellow, and green
$475.00
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