NEWSLETTER OF REED FAMILY LINENS www.reedfamilylinen.com July/August 2010
 
 
  LINEN FOR THE LEOPARDS OF LONDOLOZI      

Reed Family Linen are delighted to have been chosen recently to supply bed linen for the world reknown game lodge of Londolozi in the Kruger Park on the Mozambique & South African border. Our 300 count single yarn percale range was selected to re-equip the Pioneer, Tree & Granite camp accommodations and will ensure that Londolozi’s VIP guests sleep soundly each night after viewing the famous leopards and other wildlife close to their camps. All items of linen have been individually labeled and marked for easy laundering identification, and RFL’s management have been closely involved with assisting and specifying laundering procedures for this remote bush location resort.

 
 
WELSH RAREBITS

Our bespoke linen design and sewing service is used by many of our interior decorator clients worldwide as a means to co-ordinate and accessorize the ultimate bedroom furnishing ensemble. All our standard pastel dyed base cloths can be specified and made to order with the client’s own unique choice of coloured cord stitching so that the finished effect co-ordinates with the decorator’s choice of furnishing fabrics, drapes, upholstery and floor covering. Chameleon Interiors based in Cardiff, Wales have used our bespoke cording service for many years in order to enhance the discerning service which they offer their premium clients. More info: www.chameleoninteriors.co.uk

MASTERFUL MITRES

So called ‘Oxford’ pillowcases made with a decorative flange all around the pillow sack were originally conceived in order to make pillows, and hence beds, look larger and so impress visiting overnight guests with the host’s generous hospitality. Traditional mitred oxford pillowcases are sewn from three distinct pieces of engineered fabric, and the corners of the flange created with four true mitred corners. The stiffness resulting from the cumulative layers of cloth at the corners of the flange, ensures that the flange supports itself when the pillow is displayed and creates an attractive and tailored look to the bed. Sewing of mitred flanges requires skilful machining and cutting during production, and is accordingly expensive to produce. Less expensive oxford pillowcases are offered without mitred corners, and are termed ‘Mock’ oxfords. All Reed Family Linen oxford pillowcases are sewn with fully mitred oxford flanges unless otherwise specified.

JAPANESE DELIGHT

Reed Family Linen are proud to have been founder suppliers of The Conran Shop in London (1987) and Paris (1992), and have sold bed linen to these retailers continuously over the last twenty years. The linen designs which RFL make exclusively for Conran have also been exported to the Far East through their two Japanese store subsidiaries in Tokyo and Fukuoka. In addition to our standard bleached white and natural unbleached ranges, their Japan outlets have also successfully sold the ‘Dots’ hand embroidered design in honey on white colourway. More recently, a hotel ‘bed in a box’ type product has been added to the stocked range and presented in an acetate boxed package.

 

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