Hand-built upholstered and decorative cornice boxes, pelmets, decorative valances, and swag-and-cascade top treatments — specified to the architecture and built at the studio’s Los Angeles workroom. Formal traditional crown work, transitional upholstered cornices, and knife-edged contemporary cornices for residences in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Hancock Park, Bakersfield, Malibu, and Pacific Palisades.
Tightly upholstered cornice boxes built on a hardwood frame, padded with batting and interlining, and tailored in the same cloth as the drapery beneath. The most architectural of the top treatments — a quiet crown that reads as part of the wall.
Carved, shaped, and curved cornices with hand-finished detailing — double-welt edges, contrast banding, nailhead trim, monogrammed centers, and bullion fringe. The room’s jewelry, specified to the drapery underneath.
Clean, knife-edged cornices specified for modern interiors — a single horizontal line, no piping, no shaping, no applied trim. The treatment disappears into the ceiling plane and lets the cloth do the talking.
Shaped, scalloped, and curved cornices in the classical vocabulary — Bakersfield estates, Hancock Park traditional homes, Holmby Hills formal drawing rooms. Built on hardwood, hand-shaped at the workroom, finished to the trim of the architecture.
Soft-fabricated valances — box-pleated, gathered, swag-and-jabot, and London — specified where the architecture asks for cloth at the top of the window rather than an upholstered box.
Traditional swag-and-cascade top treatments for formal living rooms, dining rooms, and entry halls. Hand-draped at the workroom, finished with bullion or tassel fringe, and installed to the architecture — not to the cloth.
Hand-built pelmets — shaped, upholstered, and trim-finished — for primary suites and library window walls. Sized to the architecture and detailed to the drapery hardware beneath.
Whole-house crown programs that coordinate cornice profile, scale, and finish across every public room. Specified at the same time as the drapery and the hardware so the architecture reads as one design.
A cornice box is the only piece of soft furnishing in the house that reads as part of the wall. Done well, it closes the heading, hides the hardware, and gives the window the architectural crown the room was always asking for. Done poorly, it sits on the wall like a hat.
The studio specifies cornices the same way it specifies the drapery beneath them — against the architecture, the proportion of the window, the height of the ceiling, and the trim profile of the room. The cloth is the last decision, not the first.
A cornice box is a hand-built top treatment — typically a hardwood frame, padded and upholstered in the same cloth as the drapery beneath. It hides the drapery hardware, closes the light gap at the heading, and gives the window an architectural crown. Cornice boxes are specified in two registers: upholstered (clean, tailored) and decorative (shaped, trimmed, and hand-finished).
A cornice box is rigid — built on a hardwood frame, padded, and upholstered. A valance is soft — gathered, pleated, or swagged cloth installed at the top of the window. The studio specifies both; the choice depends on the architecture, the drapery beneath, and how much ‘crown’ the room is asking for.
Yes. Upholstered cornice boxes are one of the studio’s most-requested top-treatment briefs, particularly for formal living rooms, dining rooms, and primary suites in Hancock Park, Holmby Hills, Bel Air, and Beverly Hills traditional and transitional homes. Each cornice is hand-built on hardwood, padded with batting and interlining, and upholstered in the drapery cloth so the crown reads as part of the window.
Yes — the studio specifies contemporary cornices as clean, knife-edged horizontals with no piping, no applied trim, and no shaping. The cornice becomes part of the ceiling plane rather than a decorative element. In modern Malibu and Beverly Hills homes, a flush contemporary cornice is often the only architectural crown the room is asking for.
Yes. Monogrammed center medallions, bullion fringe, contrast banding, nailhead trim, and hand-applied gimp are all specified through the studio’s workroom. Decorative cornices are jewelry; the trim work is what makes them read as bespoke rather than catalog.
Begin with a private consultation. We will follow with a tailored proposal, fabric direction, and an honest opinion on what your room is asking for.
