Moderna fabric collection Elitis

Moderna fabric by Elitis: rectangles in cream and brown

The Moderna fabric by Elitis revolves around the rectangle. In the mood images you see cream combined with brown tones, from ochre and camel to rust, and each time two weave structures are contrasted: a rough or looped surface next to a smooth or flat-woven plane. This gives relief to a simple block pattern. On a seat cushion, a curtain and a chair, the collection shows how the same idea can play out: large and irregular or small and tightly repeated. So you choose mainly by scale and texture, because the colour palette of this Elitis fabric stays within a narrow range.

From Bardi to Columbia: patterns in the Moderna fabric collection

Bardi fabric works on a large scale: a looped high-pile surface in off-white with wide ochre-coloured planes that are flat-woven and look frayed thanks to fine white stripes. Sometimes one block covers an entire cushion. Kahn fabric is, by contrast, small and tight, with rust-brown rectangles in stepped zigzag bands that shine like velvet against a grainy cream ground. Endo fabric places brown blocks in a staggered checkerboard on a horizontally ribbed weave. Alto fabric keeps to rectangles in ivory white and sand beige, Peter fabric combines a basketweave with hairy horizontal strips and Documenta fabric has a band of cream-white cross stitches. Ito fabric alternates dense and open bands in taupe and beige, while Ando fabric has a mottled cream surface. With Breuer fabric, Hila fabric, Sanaa fabric and Columbia fabric the range is complete.

Moderna by Elitis on seats, cushions and curtains

The images show where the Moderna fabric comes into its own. Bardi appears as a seat cushion on a dark wooden frame, Kahn hangs as a pleated curtain in slanting light and Endo covers the seat and backrest of a chair next to a red-lacquered table. If you want a calm look, choose a small repeat like that of Kahn or Endo. If you're looking for a statement piece for a seat, the large block of Bardi provides more of a counterbalance to dark wood.