Discover a New Collection of Francis Sultana inspired by Coco Chanel
Francis Sultana, one of UK’s interior and furniture designers has recently launched a new collection, inspired by Coco Chanel and called it Namina.
Sultana’s collection is an active symbol of support for the crafts industry. Henceforth, since techniques such as patinated bronze, crystal veneers, and straw marquetry was utilized. Moreover, it is comprised of a series of furniture, upholstery lighting, and accessories in finishes like rattan, tweed, velvet, rock, crystal, marquetry, mica.
Baku centre table
Coco side table
“The fabrics used within this collection include tweeds inspired by Chanel and her “poverty deluxe” style. ‘Poor materials’ like straw and rattan, conjure the ingenuity of Coco. She was the ultimate 20th-century fashion icon, who forged her signature by producing luxe sportswear from humble textiles like jersey and cotton.” – Francis Sultana
Crystal bowls – pink and clear pairs
Jacopo cabinet
Thereupon, the collection offers a delightful journey through the myriad of influences at work within Francis’s designs. Forthwith including Art Deco Paris of the 1920s, the work of Coco Chanel & José María Sert and the exotic extravagance of the Indian maharajas.
Jordanna coffee table
Karl console
To enumerate, striking glamour, sinuous lines, and fluid proportions are at work in a series of elegant and sophisticated pieces. Hence, the collection, inspired by one of Francis’s most glamorous of muses, Narmina reveals an exotic interpretation of Paris in the 1920s.
Maxime sideboard
Theo side table
For example, Narmina retains Sultana’s love of artisan craft techniques and the use of noble materials. Likewise, straw marquetry, rock crystal, Sultana’s signature patinated bronze, bespoke silk and hessian tweeds, rattan, leather and pâte de verre. To emphasize, the play within a collection that is contemporary yet firmly nods to one of the most celebrated eras in interior and furniture design. Expressly the colors palette incorporates soft pink, clear and golden crystal, amber, sage and forest green, dark bronze, ecru, and straw.
Javad armchair
Notably, the flamboyance of the Indian Maharajas, renowned Art Deco collectors, can be seen in key pieces such as Javad armchair and Victoire daybed.
Victoire Daybed
Narmina Daybed
Additionally, another major influence for the collection is the designer/artist José María Sert aka Jojo Sert. In fact, originally creator was from an immensely rich Catalan family of textile manufacturers. José’s murals covered the walls and ceilings of cathedrals and ballrooms as well as Rockefeller Center in NYC. For instance, pieces such as the Narmina day bed and Turgi sofa, with its strong bronze columns, recall the decadence of Sert’s hand as well as his preference for generous yet streamlined proportions.
Turgi Sofa
Moreover, another key element within the collection is the introduction of rock crystal. Likewise, Misia Sert, Jojo’s wife and best friend to Coco Chanel, placed crystal shards as decorative objects around her sumptuous rue de Rivoli, Paris apartment.
Rocco gueridon
Coco side table
Therefore, Sultana has reinvented this material, making the crystal both magnificent and modern by working with a painstaking treatment process. Likewise applying rock crystal to pieces such as the linear and flowing Rocco gueridon. Additionally Coco side table and on the basis of the Petra floor lamp and Nadia table lamp. Consequently, both emit a bewitching shimmer akin to semi-precious gemstone.
Nadia table lamp
Petra floor lamp
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