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Samuel Mazy porcelain flowers S oane Britain's exuberant Mabille textile is taken from a historic Napoleon III-era needlepoint carpet from the company archives. Named for the lavish 19th- century outdoor balls in Paris' Jardin Mabille, the fabric is a technically complex jacquard-woven design with a vertical repeat measuring a whopping 10 feet and requires a highly specialized loom to create. Mabille, to order at soane.co.uk. F r e n c h a r t i s a n S a m u e l M a z y 's porcelain flowers are inspired by the masters and manufacturers of Sèvres porcelain, whose biggest patron was Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV. The royal courtesan collected fine porcelains and adored flowers — and, as legend has it, intermixed porcelain flowers with real ones in her gardens. Samuel Mazy at casabranca.com. New collections from Three Makers Blooming with a Profusion of Flora and Fauna By Rebecca Sherman P ierre Frey pays tribute to Benedictine monk Dom Robert with a new jacquard- weave textile and two rug designs influenced by the spiritual leader's master tapestries. He created his first tapestry in 1941 with the Tabard workshops in Aubusson — work that continued another 50 Flora-bunga years until his death. Masterpieces of detail and color, his tapestries feature insects, wild grasses, and delicate umbels, themes he endlessly revisited. Pierre Frey X Dom Robert, at Pierre Frey at Culp Associates. Samuel Mazy porcelain flowers Soane Britain Mabille textile Here and below: Pierre Frey X Dom Robert rugs 62