The Oriental Collection - Catalog - Page 93
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Originally, the villa stood alone, looking majestically over the forest and fields. Over the years,
it has witnessed how the city has slowly inched
closer and closer. Now, it is par t of the city and its past
life as a rural estate with a private chef, maids in the
attic and two Rolls-Royces in the garage has long since
been forgotten.
Six years ago, Maria and Joakim Løth bought the property. It had been used for years as classrooms for training
courses and was owned by the nearby Giersing School.
“This is where we could live out our dream and run our
business”, says Joakim, who originally had his own carpentr y business, but changed direction a few years ago
and now produces and sells solid oak furniture, which
the couple designs themselves. The furniture is primarily
sold via their own network and Instagram, to customers
both at home and abroad – under the name By Løth.
“Each and ever y piece of furniture is unique due to the
wood’s nature, histor y and ver y special patina. The furniture is made from dried old French oak, which comes
from old wine presses”, explains Joakim, who of ten
travels to France himself to choose exactly the presses
from which he wants to build his furniture.
We had the oppor tunity to study the pieces ourselves,
as we have to move them around to lay out the rugs.
The wine presses, which have been in use for many
years, exude histor y and are rustic, raw and robust.
They smell of wood. The sur faces are velvety sof t and
the quality is unmistakable. And neither is the weight.
In the two adjoining living rooms, we have placed two Tabriz
rugs from India in 100% wool. In front of the sofa, a Royal
Tabriz and by the lounge chairs a Tabriz Indi. Both rugs are
knotted with inspiration from Persian Tabriz designs and were
chosen because the stately living room can easily carry a
classic oriental rug. And because the tables from By Løth are
wonderfully unpretentious, while the upholstered furniture
from Fogia is very modern. The colours here are also coor
dinated with the Sabina Von Essen artwork above the sofa.
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