Apartment Therapy New York | Patchwork Upholstery from Squint Limited

Patchwork Upholstery from Squint Limited

Though we're not usually a fan of patchwork, it can be enticing when it is done very well. We have a fondness for Hans Hopfer's Mah Jong sofa from Roche Bobois and a recent fascination with Bertjan Pot's beanbag sofa. Recently, we came across Squint, a design group based in London that does amazing custom patchwork upholstery on a variety of styles of furniture...

Squint Limited was formed when designer Lisa Whatmough wanted to show off her collection of textiles. The custom pieces are not cheap (re-upholstered Egg Chairs, top, start at £3000!) but we thought the collection was wonderfully inspirational. There are tons of pictures of patchwork furniture and accessories on the
Squint Limited site. Via: designmilk.

Comments (14)

I kinda like the first pic with the chair. Has a nice bohemian quality to it, plus I love the shape of the chair...not so fond of the sofa or the bed though, it looks too busy for me.

posted by suzy8track on July 11th 2008 at 6:51am
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My eyes, they are a-burnin'...

posted by somedudeinvicenza on July 11th 2008 at 7:24am
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Love it. Of course you've got to put one of those in an otherwise completely white room, so the one piece of patchwork furniture really pops. Otherwise, yes it would be too busy.

posted by f.in.eur on July 11th 2008 at 7:38am
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I love all of these!

posted by Anna at D16 on July 11th 2008 at 8:01am
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I never though I'd say an Egg chair was ugly because it's my iconic chair. But, that Egg chair is UGLY. :)

posted by halltd on July 11th 2008 at 8:09am
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that bed is unbelievable!

posted by hanako66 on July 11th 2008 at 9:08am
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All that furniture needs now is a good bedazzlin'.

posted by elvedon on July 11th 2008 at 9:35am
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So Alice in Wonderlandish!

posted by Snugglitas on July 11th 2008 at 9:46am
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I believe this trend was started by Bayer, the makers of Aspirin.

posted by superflyguy on July 11th 2008 at 10:17am
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there's a shop in EastHampton NY that does this as well.. I've forgotten the name of the designer.

posted by pdesign on July 11th 2008 at 11:24am
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I don't care for this look. I think it looks like clown furniture.

posted by dmstudio on July 11th 2008 at 11:45am
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oh how i love thee.....

posted by naebyrd on July 11th 2008 at 12:21pm
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I love this look on other peoples furniture [people i will never meet]!
- except when they do it to classic pieces of furniture and make me cry patchwork tears.

posted by Bob Fossil on July 11th 2008 at 2:33pm
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I love the last one!

posted by nausved on July 11th 2008 at 6:03pm
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