The Pyrenees Mountains Inspire This New Tactile Textile Collection

Britain-born, Connecticut-based textile designer Rosemary Hallgarten looks to her travels and to the natural world when seeking inspiration for her eponymous line of fabrics, rugs and accessories. Her recently introduced Aurelie Collection continues to expand a vision of luxury that’s connected to a place, in this case the Pyrenees mountains. “For Aurelie, I wanted to invoke layers of history, with a wild and rugged terrain,” she explains. “It gave me a chance to play with textures and to add in warm tones like moss green, cognac and burgundy.”

Hallgarten notes that each collection builds on and works with previous ones. “My pieces are intended to last,” she shares. “Everything comes through my filter, so the new creations will always tie into what I’ve done in the past.” That product longevity—both in design and durability—comes from Hallgarten’s creative process as well as her relationships with traditional makers in places like Peru and Nepal. “The pieces are handmade by artisans,” she says. “They’re a celebration of how time impacts beauty and often enhances it.”