André Le Nôtre Decorative Pillow

André Le Nôtre Decorative Pillow

Square 12" / Soft Velvet / Polyester Fiber
$88.45
Sale price  $88.45 Regular price 
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Jardin · André Le Nôtre · Designer Cushion

André Le Nôtre Decorative Pillow

$88.45
Sale price  $88.45 Regular price 
Description

André Le Nôtre gave France its geometry. Between 1656 and his death in 1700, he redesigned the French relationship to the outdoors — imposing on the landscape the same rational order that Descartes had imposed on philosophy and Colbert on commerce. Versailles. Vaux-le-Vicomte. Chantilly. The Tuileries. The man was not a gardener. He was an argument. This cushion cover puts him where that argument continues to be relevant: in the room, on the furniture, in the daily life of people who take their interiors seriously.

The portrait is reproduced across a heavyweight designer textile at full fidelity, the tonal range of the original preserved in the fabric’s print. Le Nôtre looks out from the back of a sofa with the same unhurried authority he brought to redesigning the grounds of the greatest houses in France. Four fabric options are available at checkout, each bringing its own character to the printed surface.

Six sizes from 12″×12″ to 24″×24″. Cushion pad sold separately.

Specification & Care

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Specifications

Construction: Heavyweight Designer Textile

Fabric Options: Four Curated Designer Fabrics, Select at Checkout

Closure: Full-Length Zip, Easy Cushion Insertion and Removal

Available Sizes: 12″×12″ · 16″×16″ · 20″×14″ · 20″×20″ · 22″×16″ · 24″×24″

Includes: Cushion Cover Only. Cushion Pad Sold Separately.

Care: Machine wash gently at 86°F (30°C). Tumble dry low. Iron on low heat. Remove pad before washing.

A Note from Jeff

I have stood in the gardens of Versailles more times than I can count, usually in the early morning before the crowds arrive. At that hour, with the light still low and the parterres casting long shadows across the gravel, you understand what Le Nôtre actually achieved. It is not decoration. It is the organization of infinity into something a human being can comprehend.

Putting his portrait on a cushion cover is an act of gratitude to a man who is remembered as a gardener and should be remembered as one of the great visual thinkers of the seventeenth century.

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