De La Espada opens London townhouse as design cabinet of curiosities
Co founders Luis and Fatima invite visitors into a curated interior where contemporary furniture, textile art and ceramics converge to tell stories of craft and memory.
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De La Espada opens its London townhouse as a cabinet of curiosities, a layered interior where design, art and craft converge in conversation. The space functions as both showroom and creative statement, each object chosen by co founders Luis and Fatima to evoke place, memory and the hands that made it.
The upper corridor presents Matthew Hilton’s Kimble Windsor Chair alongside hand selected pieces that anchor the narrative. A timber panel in sycamore and London plane by James Trundle and Isobel Napier catches light across pale walls. Ceramics by Maria Kristofferson rest on a richly grained wooden shelf, their weathered surfaces catching shadow. A bullrush wall hanging, designed by M_A_C_H_E_I_A and realised by Helena Novoletto, rises in golden stems from a woven base. Geometric textile art by Catarina Riccabona anchors the scheme in layered pattern, earthy tones of terracotta, olive and cream. Overhead, a Half & Half pendant light from Rolland Hill casts a sculptural form in black and soft cream.
The townhouse operates by invitation only, with visitors encouraged to express interest through london@delaespada.com. Each corner reveals the brand’s philosophy: that furnishings and objects need not merely serve function, but rather embody the collected wisdom of making, design and the stories objects carry through time.
Imagery courtesy of De La Espada (@delaespada).
