"Vivi" tea towel

Vivi is a striped tea towel woven with a cotton warp and a linen weft. Yarn dyed threads build the stripes through the warp, giving the colors their depth. The herringbone structure combines a supple hand with the absorbency of linen, making the textile part of the daily life of the kitchen.

Its starting point is a collection of old deckchair canvases from the 1960s, preserved in a textile archive. A textile once associated with summers by the sea finds another place in the home, carrying its striped language from the deckchair to the kitchen. Together, Nina and Vivi pay homage to Nina Hamnett and Virginia Woolf, friends who frequented the same artistic and literary circles.