In Tbilisi, it pays to be curious. Some of the city’s most beautiful sights are tucked just behind closed doors and quiet corners.
Our new tablecloth, Tbilisi Entrance Halls, explores the city’s distinctive architecture, drawing inspiration from the historic 19th-century entranceways of Sololaki, Chughureti, Mtatsminda, and Vera.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, a burgeoning merchant class helped reshape Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, introducing European-style architecture marked by grand entrance halls and sweeping staircases.
European and Eastern influences coalesced alongside Christian and Islamic decorative traditions. Local artisans reinterpreted Gothic arches, Moorish ornamentation, and the fluid lines of Art Nouveau.
An unexpected combination? Perhaps. Yet, it is precisely this eclecticism that defines Tbilisi.
Our designers, Omo Getiashvili and Tiko Mosidze, explored the city to capture this spirit.
They documented the details that define Tbilisi’s entryways: an impressive doorway, a tiled floor, the curves of a balcony, or a small ornament you might otherwise pass by.
Back in the studio, those discoveries became the building blocks of a new design. Bringing it all together is a distinctive blue, instantly recognizable from Tbilisi’s historic architecture and carrying both Eastern influences and the rich depth of lapis lazuli.
Some of these remarkable entrance halls are slowly disappearing. Time and neglect have left their mark, making their original beauty increasingly difficult to preserve.
For us, this collection is a way of carrying this heritage forward and sharing the joy of discovering it at your table.
