I am stealing away on a Sunday afternoon. I don’t tell a soul I am leaving. Not even the little wolf dog who stands guard outside the macellaria, awaiting a wafer thin slice of something from someone. I leave as the sun breaks and its burst beams from the center of my chest. A bouquet I’ll keep for myself. I follow the ferrovie to Firenze. I’ve spent more for a compartment. So I can slide the door shut and slip in beside the window. Gold and olive roll by. I lie down in those fields with my eyes and I am not a stranger. At a nameless station just outside the city, a man enters the compartment. He has eyes like layered leaves—yellow and green like the land. The silence between us becomes a smile. As we near our stop, the train shifts and his satchel comes loose from above. Papers with red pen marks spill across my lap. A letter with more stamps than I’ve ever seen. He asks for permission and reaches across me and tucks the envelope down into his pocket. The inside of his jacket is silky and swirling with shapes. They look like tear drops cried by someone in a place that’s far away.

LEAD TIME + ORDER MINIMUM

Made to order

3 Weeks + Shipping

2 Yard (1.8 Meters) Minimum 

SPECIFICATIONS

Repeat Width: 27" / 69cm

Repeat Height 23" / 58.4cm 

Finished Pattern Width: 54" / 137cm 

• 51% linen, 49% cotton  |  Abrasion: 15,000 Martindale  |  Passes CAL 117 FR tests
• Dry clean only

SUSTAINABILITY

• Our textiles are made to order, creating less waste
• Our digital pigment printing process is the most sustainable textile printing technique, as it uses less energy, produces zero water waste and has a small overall carbon footprint.
• Our one-step printing process virtually eliminates the consumption of water and the discharge of noxious effluents (liquid waste discharged into a river or ocean), by using low volumes of liquid dispersions of pigment colors
• The streamlined technology includes a softener that is applied in-line during the printing process, providing an extremely efficient and eco-friendly solution to creating a softer hand feel.

This pattern can be printed on commercial fabrics for high traffic areas. Please email us at ciao@oteatextiles.com and we’ll reply within 24 hours.