Textile designer Nathalie Farman-Farma’s highly anticipated book is finally out and we're giving away 10 signed copies to interior designers who purchase 5+ yards of any Décors Barbares textiles. For 3+ yard orders, you'll get a darling one-of-a-kind handcrafted bookmark made from Nathalie's fabrics. The Enchanting Interiors of Nathalie Farman-Farma takes readers on a beautiful visual journey through Nathalie’s homes in London, Lake Tahoe, and Connecticut, all brimming with folkloric charm and histories from the textile cultures of Persia, Central Asia, and Russia. Follow along below to get a glance at some of these incredibly ornate scenes from Nathalie’s life, and explore her rich textile line right here in our showroom.
Cabana Magazine's 'Masters and Muses' with Nathalie Farman-Farma
We were thrilled to see Décors Barbares designer Nathalie Farman-Farma on IGTV with Cabana Magazine’s editor in chief, Martina Mondadori Sartogo this past week. Martina and Nathalie discussed all things inspiration, from elaborately layered caftans to beaded Ukranian jewelry. Nathalie shared her deep admiration for the humanities, specifically her academic past with the study of classical antiquity, her present admiration for Russian culture, and her new interest in Japan and China. She credits the complexity of her multi-cultural designs to the beautiful cross-pollination of different geographic areas as a result of trade advancement. ‘It’s the trade really. These trade objects [costumes, jewelry, books, bits of ribbon and trim] went all over the world…,’ says Nathalie, as she shares her collection of antique textiles from endless different origins.
Nathalie Farman-Farma of Décors Barbares
We’re positively thrilled to welcome Nathalie and her charming fabric studio, Décors Barbares, to the showroom. If you’re not yet familiar with the line, you’ll soon come to realize why her fabrics have an elite AD 100 cult following.
Influenced by her Russian nanny, textile designer Nathalie Farman-Farma of Décors Barbares credits the majority of her inspiration to Russian culture—her collection of old Russian textiles, ribbons, art, embroideries, and porcelain regularly contribute to her creative process and design. Nathalie was raised in France with her French father and American mother until the age of 18. Expressing a love for fabrics as an adolescent, Nathalie would explore her French grandmother’s closets for tea dresses and other intriguing design contributions to the fashion world. As a young adult, she studied Classics at Brown and Columbia University before working as associate editor for The New Yorker.