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WELCOME TO THE THREAD
Take me to The ThreadMeet our makers, read our news and stories, find inspiration in our lookbook and top tips, take a look at our favourite photoshoot moments, and read about our small workshop in Tisbury.
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THE CARNIVAL WALLHANGING
Read MoreLucy Montes De Oca, one of the founders of Montes&Clark spent much of 2014 travelling Mexico in search of indigenous textiles and crafts with her husband, Gustavo. Here he interprets the cloth and tells us of when on their travels they reached the mountain town of Tenangos and found themselves consumed by the fantastical festivities of the Carnival.
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OUR TABLELINEN IS RATHER MARVELLOUS......EVEN IF WE DO SAY IT OURSELVES !
Read MoreAnd it's all in the way they are made. Every hand-towel, napkin and tablecloth is hand woven on a back strap or pedal loom, a technique brought to Mexico by the Spanish. The cotton cloth has a beautiful heavy weight and is thick and hard wearing. The central seams and edges of the larger cloths are all stitched by hand and....