In the 1960s, Billy Baldwin - the dean of American decorating - was designing a studio apartment for Woodson Taulbee on the Upper East Side. He found his inspiration in a Matisse brush-and-ink drawing: a single black tree silhouetted behind two women at a table. Baldwin asked his illustrator friend Jay Crawford to turn that tree into a repeating pattern. Crawford did. Taulbee, who ran Woodson Wallpapers, printed it on fabric and covered everything in the apartment - sofa, banquette, slipper chair. The room appeared in Vogue in 1965 and later on the cover of Billy Baldwin Decorates.
Crawford went on to found a textile company in 1969. He called it Quadrille. The tree is still in production. It has been hand screen-printed continuously for over half a century.
This is that tree. Updated in a fitting (even if not historically or geographically accurate) - Jungle Green!
| Size: |
17" x 24" x 10" |
| Exterior: |
55% Linen / 45% Cotton |
| Interior: |
100% Nylon (water resistant) |
| Origin: |
Ground woven in Belgium, hand printed and sewn in the USA |
Totes are hand cut and sewn in the USA and are made from Belgian Linen / Cotton handprinted in the USA. Fabric has been backed so the tote will retain its shape.
