Serafina Pattern from Pottery Barn Emulates Josef Frank

Last week, Regina posted the new bold and graphic upholstery options available from Pottery Barn. Readers, paintitbright and pinchas, pointed out that the Serafina pattern closely resembled the style of Swedish textile designer Josef Frank. We couldn't agree more...

Look at the similarity to Josef Frank's Aralia pattern for Svenskt Tenn:

A popular designer to emulate, Josef Frank has inspired designs at IKEA, too.

The Serafina Shower Curtain, a printed linen/cotton blend, is $70 from Pottery Barn.

Comments (6)

"Emulates" isn't the word that springs to mind.

posted by Julianna on July 22nd 2008 at 11:06am
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Sorry...it just doesn't hold a candle to the original.

posted by mavieenrose on July 22nd 2008 at 11:10am
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Compared to some of the originals I saw of Josef Frank, I like the one Pottery Barn has - there's more white space around the objects and it just feels less *busy*.

posted by ashy on July 22nd 2008 at 11:17am
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Since Josef is clearly out of my justifiable budget...I may hit Pottery Barn's version one day. That said, shame on PB for knocking it off...and shame on me for buying it (one day in the future...).

posted by I Love Upstate on July 22nd 2008 at 12:25pm
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Perfectly put, Julianna... try Arbon-K Opy-K.

posted by jenzoe on July 22nd 2008 at 2:29pm
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The armless chair in the PB catalog also looks strikingly like the Ikea Stockholm chair...

posted by Susmita on July 23rd 2008 at 3:16am
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