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We Are Always On Trend: Color and Exuberance Our Prints for 2014 are reminiscent of a Pantone Color Palette set, much like the burst of exuberant color right now in Fashion. We anticipate trends into home furnishings and design on and off the Runway are happy, uplifting and decidedly modern. Cue Pop and Contemporary Art. Multicolor Printed Toile. Mixing of Prints. We are 100% Digital, which means 4000+ colors in each print, nuanced complexity, superior colorfastness, technology advances.
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About Our Design Team Jonathan Ostrow The Nicolette Mayer Collection combines the design talent of Nicolette Mayer with the business savvy of industry veteran, Jonathan Ostrow. Nicolette brings 25 years in interior design, fashion design, corporate design, product design, branding management, and venture capital to her design work. Nicolette is a third generation designer from a successful international retailing and design family. Nicolette has degrees including a BA cum laude in History from Harvard University, an MA and MBA in Innovation and Management from Columbia Business School and Columbia University. Her love of fashion, international travel, history and art all come together in her breakthrough fabric collection. Born with a natural eye and talent for design, Nicolette’s passion is evident for the complexities of fabric, texture and technology; fascination for creating timeless prints, all at once classic, timeless, yet perfectly on-trend. Jonathan brings 25 years of textile, furniture industry and digital technology experience to The Nicolette Mayer Collection™. Having distributed home furnishing products to major retailers and manufacturers all over the world, Jonathan brings significant digital printing knowledge to this collaborative effort. His love of textiles has taken him through years of upholstery manufacturing, textile converting, and now, innovation for the development of cutting edge digital artistry. Having been involved in developing and merchandising upholstery and textiles throughout the United States, China and India, Jonathan brings a wealth of knowledge to the creativity and direction of this powerful designer. Jonathan has degrees including a BA from Emory University, an MBA from Joseph M. Katz School of Business at University of Pittsburgh. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, The Nicolette Mayer Collection is available at www.nicolettemayer.com. Nicolette Mayer with Katherine Scully, Director New York for Luxe Interiors and Design
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Ancient Chinese Secret China is said to have more proverbs than anywhere else on Earth. The origins of some are lost in the mists of time. Others appear to be related to comments by Confucius and other ancient sages. Some examples: “The swiftest horse can't overtake a word once spoken”, “Before telling secrets on the road, look in the bushes”, “A bad word whispered echoes a hundred miles”, “A sharp tongue or pen can kill without a knife”, “With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.”… Made initially from mulberry fiber paper and silk, hand-painted wallpaper in China dating from c.1800 is the inspiration for this very modern reinterpretation of Chinese Wallpaper, of Oriental gardens featuring birds and flowers with foliage, painted on a background of nuanced color. Branches of bamboo and flowering shrubs intermingle with the Birds in various positions, on branches and under branches, seemingly as if singing and chattering away.
Infinity Knot The Chinese Endless Knot is one of the most often used symbols in Feng Shui. Strong graphic milling of forces and colors is pleasing to the eye and deeply symbolic. This knot symbolizes a long and happy life full of good fortune. It is believed that the presence of the feng shui mystic knot will benefit every aspiration of your life, thus this feng shui symbol is often used in amulets for love, abundance, protection amulets, feng shui for career and many other feng shui applications. Various interpretations of the symbol are: eternal love and friendship, the eternal continuum of mind, the endless cycle of suffering or birth, death and rebirth, the inter-twining of wisdom and compassion.
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Casanova Casanova the Print was created after a recent trip to Venice. Strolling through the tight streets and alleyways, I was drawn to a little shop with a small book in its window titled Casanova. Captivated by the book and a small engraved picture of a couple deep in embrace, I took a photo through the glass. Imagine the couple about to part, her, blushing still in her bedclothes after a night of passion in Casanova’s arms, the couple cling to each other for a few last stolen moments. The colors are emblematic of Venice’s ornate painted Palazzos along the Grand Canal. The sumptuous colors of Carnevale, the colors of a 16th-century Doge’s Palazzo, precious fabrics, handmade Murano or Modern Chihuly glass light fixtures, and the atmosphere of modern and ancient Venetian Grand Life. 14
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Damask Fantasia and Costumes 1530 Shown on A: Linen/Cotton Blend and C: Flax 100% Linen. 21
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Ceramic Menagerie
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Jardin Tuileries and Geometric Amethyst Prints on a Sofa
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The Pistals and Corolla Group is a Modern Graphic Extravaganza in Black and White Extraordinary Stripes, Houndstooth, and Metal Medallions Mixed with Beautiful Vibrant Flowers
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Rajasthani, Paisley and On Fire are a Trio of Prints Inspired by the Mughal Painting of the 1600’s in India. Akbar, the father of Mughal Painting, was a patron to hundreds of artists who created what is known known as Rajasthani Painting . Akbar himself was a great patron of art and culture. He was fond of literature, and created a library of over 24,000 volumes written in Sanskrit, Hindustani, Persian, Greek, Latin, Arabic and Kashmiri, staffed by many scholars, translators, artists, calligraphers, scribes, bookbinders and readers. Holy men of many faiths, poets, architects and artisans adorned his court from all over the world for study and discussion. Akbar's courts at Delhi, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri became centers of the arts, letters, and learning. Perso-Islamic culture began to merge and blend with indigenous Indian elements, and a distinct Indo-Persian culture emerged characterized by Mughal style arts, painting, and architecture.
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Right-coiled White Conch: symbolizes the deep, far-reaching and melodious sound of the Dharma teachings, which awakens us from the deep slumber of ignorance to greater wisdom. Precious Umbrella: symbolizes protection from illness, harmful forces, obstacles in this life and all kinds of temporary and enduring sufferings of the three lower realms, and the realms of men and gods in future lives. Victory Banner: symbolizes the victory of the activities of one's own and others body, speech and mind over obstacles and negativity. Golden Fish: symbolizes the auspiciousness of all living beings in a state of fearlessness, without danger of drowning in the ocean of sufferings, and migrating from place to place freely and spontaneously, just as fish swim freely without fear through water. Dharma Wheel: symbolizes the auspiciousness of the turning of the precious wheel of Buddha's doctrine, both in its teachings and realizations, enabling beings to experience the joy of wholesome deeds and liberation. Lotus Flower The lotus flower symbolizes the complete purification of the body, speech and mind, and the full blossoming of wholesome deeds in blissful liberation.
Tibet is a Group of Prints inspired by the Auspicious Signs of Tibetan Buddhism.
Vase of Treasure The treasure vase symbolizes an endless rain of long life, wealth and prosperity and all the benefits of this world and liberation. Auspicious Drawing: the Eternal Knot symbolizes the mutual dependence of religious doctrine and secular affairs. Similarly, it represents the union of wisdom and method, the inseparability of emptiness and dependent arising at the time of path, and finally, at the time of enlightenment, the complete union of wisdom and great compassion.
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Native Amerian Culture is a Group of Prints inspired by the Tribes of the American Southwest
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Inspired by The Pinning Social Media Internet sharing Culture of today’s Bloggers, Editors and Socal Enthusiasts, Pinit Culture is a Patchwork of Inspirations
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The Great Room Print Series Focuses on the Joy of Cuisine, The Kitchen and Home Life
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Coastal Collection
Coral and Nautilus Intense A: 53% Belgian Linen 47% Cotton Blend
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Scattered Shells
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