Embroidered Goat Leather Ottoman — Brown & Sand, Fès

Goat leather, hand-stitched · patchwork of brown and sand panels · golden-thread medallion and flowers · Fès, Morocco · Ø 19″ × 10″

Tanned goat hide, cut and pieced in a radiating patchwork of brown and sand panels, bound with a braided cream-and-blue passementerie. The gold is worked by hand — a medallion at the crown, a flower at the heart of every panel — so the light never settles in the same place twice.

Made soft and low, to be lived on: at the end of a sofa for a foot, at the tea table for a guest, on a floor of woven wool. A zipper opens to add or ease the fill. Goat leather darkens and softens with use — that is the patina, not a fault.

Handmade piece, unique — cut, pieced and stitched by hand, so the exact shade and dimensions may vary slightly from the photos.