Schumacher
The American institution whose archive runs from period damasks to Miles Redd's saturated florals — among the most-specified luxury textile houses in residential design.
Brand overview
Founded by Frédéric Schumacher in New York, the house is now led by Dara Caponigro and operates one of the largest archives in American textile history. Its collaborations — Veere Grenney, Miles Redd, Mark D. Sikes — have shaped a generation of American interiors.
Schumacher is a textile design and distribution house. Drapery is fabricated by independent workrooms such as House of Drapery.
Rankings based on long-standing positioning in high-end interiors, textile heritage, and the studio’s direct specification experience across luxury residential projects in Los Angeles. Lower numbers indicate stronger fit.
- Printed and woven drapery for traditional, transitional, and updated-traditional rooms
- Pattern-forward primary bedrooms
- Multi-room residential programs requiring coordinated decorative language
- American traditional translated through contemporary editors
- Printed cottons, linen blends, wovens, embroideries, and performance ranges
- Color palettes designed to be lived with — not just photographed
- Deep archive of patterns at residential scale
- Performance-treated ranges that hold up to dogs, children, and direct sun
- Wide network of designer-recognized prints
- Primary bedrooms
- Sitting rooms
- Children's rooms and nurseries
- Family rooms with performance-treated cloth
Mid–upper tier — $80–$300 per yard at the bolt
Questions about Schumacher
- Are Schumacher's performance prints actually performance?
- Yes. The performance ranges are abrasion-tested to commercial standards and treated for stain resistance. For drapery — which sees less wear than upholstery — they are exceptionally durable.
Specifying Schumacher for your home?
House of Drapery is a to-the-trade workroom. We specify Schumacher on behalf of our clients, fabricate the drapery in our own workroom, and install and service every program we make.
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