cut velvet

Traditional R&B was entering an expansive, transformative phase, which Stone accelerated with his innovations in funk, rock and psychedelia, not to mention fashion: He came to one interview, a reporter noted, in “knee-high fox fur boots, cut velvet knickers and a red satin shirt with 20-inch fringe on the sleeves.”

The furniture was overstuffed cut velvet with tassels.

In each room, the couple installed a differently shaped Isamu Noguchi paper pendant, their crisp white forms offsetting Brown’s dark wood furniture, including a pair of 1940s wingback armchairs upholstered in a cornflower blue and chocolate Scalamandré cut velvet.

Elsewhere, the interplay of tile work and textiles — in the kitchen, wavy zellige tiles produced in Fez using a 10th-century technique; in the living area, banquettes upholstered in embroidered gold-and-black cut velvet — create a layered effect that feels simultaneously ancient and contemporary.

Visitors can compare it with a 1910 British evening dress of cut velvet, twill and organdy; a 1995 Yohji Yamamoto dress with a black bodice and red and gold brocade skirt; a 1991 strapless black silk taffeta Commes des Garçons Noir dress with a hand-painted skirt; and kimono-influenced designs from Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford.