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Our founder, our mother, and the heart of Raoul Te

Our founder, our mother, and the heart of Raoul Textiles passed away peacefully on Sunday July 14th at her home in Santa Barbara. Sally was one of a kind. She built a beautiful world for all of us at Raoul, and her warmth and brilliance still light up our homes and yours.Sally was an extraordinary person; full of ideas and grit, she and our father Tim started Raoul in 1981 with a book on silkscreening from the library and a T-shirt screen. Her ferocious determination drove the business from a Quonset hut to an international force, and her singular genius transformed the industry around her.She was warm, generous, curious, stylish and tough as nails. Sally inspired everyone she met; her enthusiasm and creativity was expansive. She had an unwavering sense of possibility, and believed that you could (and should) do it yourself. She never lost her scrappy, handmade spirit: we spent our weekends wrangling a Vandercook proof press or learning faux-finish painting on the fly.When people asked how she began a design, she talked about the lines–she loved drawing and the elegance of her hand is unmistakable. She took inspiration from the things she loved, and she loved so many things. She had an instinct for when things were right but also how to make them right; when to increase the scale, move a motif, brighten a color; how to light up a space.We know many of you understand the joy and life a Raoul textile brings to a home. You can feel the integrity of the process, the sense of history and unique vision, the way they draw your eye and reflect the warmth and light of the room.That was Sally.With love,
Maddy and Gene McQuillan

NEW RAOUL COLLECTION SPRING ‘24 - SAMPLES GOING

NEW RAOUL COLLECTION SPRING ‘24 - SAMPLES GOING OUT THIS WEEK!Parker Stripe
A soft, comfortable horizontal stripe in crisp
colors—cozy and adaptable.
Available in Delft, Tobacco and Capri.Heathcliff
A quintessential Raoul print—dramatic,
windswept trees rendered in a bold scale.
Available in Verde and Delft.Checkerboard Sheer
An understated sheer woven in wool and linen.
Light, airy and elegant.
Available in White.

Join us in Santa Barbara this Thursday for our hol

Join us in Santa Barbara this Thursday for our holiday open house and art show celebrating all the brilliant artists we represent! 3-7pm Art, gifts, and bubbles! 🍾🎁✨

Join us and @davidnettosays this Thursday in Santa

Join us and @davidnettosays this Thursday in Santa Barbara to celebrate his monograph—a truly special book that will have pride of place in the Raoul library and inspire generations of designers. David will have his sharpie at the ready to sign your copy. 5-730 at the Raoul store. Drinks and canapés will be served.

Our Bruno and Amore Sulphur in October issue of @t

Our Bruno and Amore Sulphur in October issue of @theworldofinteriors 👏💛 @maximilian_egger @neilmersh @stylekatharine

Shipping out this week to a showroom near you!A

Shipping out this week to a showroom near you!Antwerp, a new woven tweed in our Upholstery collection. Available now in two colorways, this workhorse of a woven is a handsome blend of wool and linen. It has a rustic but sophisticated hand, and it sits beautifully with our printed textiles in the Indigo and Cardamon collectionsSamples available through your local showroom or direct from Raoul!

Peak of chic indeed @henrifitz Our Leopard Mole in

Peak of chic indeed @henrifitz Our Leopard Mole in a wild and wonderful Cotswalds bedroom!

Sometimes, just a walk through the factory reminds

Sometimes, just a walk through the factory reminds us of how much beauty there is in the process…First photo: wall of color swatches from over the years
Second photo: colors being prepped for Pondicherry and Kashmir
Third photo: test prints from the colorist’s station
Fourth photo: colors being prepped for Mandarin
Fifth photo: Mandarin in Lime
Sixth photo: screen flooded with paint as the first pass dries
Seventh photo: layers of test prints on scraps of jersey
Eighth photo: printer’s notes for vertical repeats
Ninth photo: first dollop of paint for Freya wallpaper

Spotlight on Ngozi! Shown in the Cayenne and Mole

Spotlight on Ngozi! Shown in the Cayenne and Mole colorways, this print has melted and morphed into even the tightest of nooks, as @ellenkavanaugh highlights in her Palm Beach project.

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