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Real mudcloth is actually quite pricey.

The caption from the picture of that chair:

" Louis IX style chair, bought at a Paris flea market, was upholstered in African mud cloth — an unlikely choice of fabric, but one that makes this chair fit into a modern interior."

OK, it's a nice chair but I have one question for Ms Rohrlich:

Who the hell is Louis IX?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France

Has nothing to do w/that chair, though.

The chair would be more in keeping with Louis XV (mid-eighteenth c.)

Yes, ebrown, that was in fact my real point: not that I didn't know who Louis IX was--or how to use Google--but that this chair has absolutely nothing to do with him.

One would hope that somebody at the NYT's Home & Garden section would realize that.

Or maybe it's just that all those Roman numerals all look alike.

One word- UGLY!

I'm so glad you featured that chair by BKH. It was my favorite piece of furniture in this year's show house (also loved the Extenzo ceiling by Philip Gorrivan). I thought their room stood out from the usual over-designed Kips Bay offerings.