Decoview presents ivory curtain with moon and tree appliqué

South Korean home textile brand Decoview has presented a short screen curtain with a moon and tree appliqué on an ivory ground. Called a "tree appliqué garigae" (screen curtain) in Korean, the product is not a full-length drape but a light cover curtain for partly screening small windows, open shelving or passages between rooms.

Ivory ground, two-piece appliqué

The ground is a natural-toned ivory fabric carrying two motifs: a beige crescent moon and a small tree with a green crown and a brown trunk. A close-up frame shows the crown cut from a fine green check fabric and the trunk from a brown fabric piece, with the edges stitched onto the ground. The moon is cut from a separate fabric and applied in the same way.

Appliqué is a decoration technique in which the pattern is created by stitching separate pieces of fabric rather than printing. It gives the motif a slight relief and texture; when light comes from behind, the appliquéd area looks darker than the ground and forms a second silhouette. In Decoview's photographs the tree and the moon stand out against the light of a sunny window.

One product for window, shelf and wall

The brand presents the piece as something that can be used anywhere from a sunlit window to areas one would rather keep slightly hidden. The photographs show these uses one by one: gathered on a rod at a bedroom window, hung on the wall from a wooden rod like a decorative panel, covering the front of a white open shelf, and as a short curtain on the inner side of a casement window.

Short curtains of this kind are common in Korea as well as in Japan; much like the noren hung in doorways, they are used to block the view without closing off the space and to add a soft texture to the room. In small homes they offer a practical solution for windows with no room for a full-length drape or for cupboards without doors.

About Decoview

Decoview is a South Korean brand offering curtains, bedding and decorative textiles under the slogan "styling everyday life". Its official account has more than two hundred thousand followers, and product details and sales information are available on the brand's own website.

The product's story is built on the idea of "a little forest arriving at a small window", with the brand stressing a cosy corner completed by small details. The ivory ground and the limited number of motifs turn it from a purely seasonal decoration into a simple piece that can be used all year. For European retailers and interior designers, it is an example of how textile solutions for small homes are designed in the Far East.

Source: Decoview