The Ardmore Design collection has continued to go from strength to strength ever since the launch of the Qalakabusha sofa in 2011, which means “new beginnings” in Zulu.  Ardmore’s collaboration with Hermès, designing luxury silk scarves and apparel, brought the studio international recognition and inspired new directions in textile design. Their first Hermès scarf featured a majestic African elephant and calf surrounded by the animals of the great Zambezi River.

Elephants take center stage again in the Sabie curated design collection of soft furnishings. The sensual velvet Sabie sofa stars a whimsical elephant couple dancing beside the Sabie River. Elephants are also portrayed in the verdant Sabie Forest, Palm Parade and Thanda Toile lifestyle collections of table linens, pillows and fabrics by the yard which can be purchased at WMODA.

Thank you to Kravet Inc., the home furnishing specialists, for donating samples of Cole & Son’s elephant wallpaper designs for this WMODA exhibition. The Ardmore wallpaper collections can be reviewed in the pattern books in the Elephant Safari exhibition and orders can be placed through the Ardmore Design Shop at WMODA.