Over a year or so ago I started to use tape trim on chairs for a fresh interior design detail. As an interior designer I check out my subscriptions and notice them liberally applied in magazine photos. Tapes are a departure from welts and stuffy gimp.

At Hickory Chair I provide a drawing to customize upholstered dining chairs for my clients such a as the chair shown. Each chair design is distinctive and are hand made according to my specifications. Suzanne Kasler’s Amsterdam Side Chair featured above is antique ivory covered with natural linen and pink grosgrain ribbon secured with petite nail trim spaced every third nail in lieu of welt trim.

Samuel & Sons Passementerie is a leading importer, designer, and distributor of fine trims for interior design. Exclusive collections are created with materials such as silk, wool, glass and jade. Samuel & Sons is headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1982.

The next time you consider recovering upholstery let your imagination take hold and turn to tapes as a decorative element.