About
Coe Design Studio is a boutique upholstery studio run by Amanda Coe, a textile graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. After three years working with block print artisans in Jaipur, India and several more as the manager of a custom textile studio in Westchester, New York, Amanda turned her attention to the art of upholstery. While taking modern upholstery courses in Philadelphia and working for a shop in New Jersey she realized that there was a lack of traditional skills in America. Artfully stitched horsehair upholstery was routinely given to workers who lacked the skills and traditional training. The result was incorrect form and in many cases the complete replacement of hair with foam.
Unwilling to accept this state of affairs, Amanda went to England where traditional upholstery is still taught and practiced. She received training under the Association of Master Upholsterers and was awarded distinctions in several of her projects. She also discovered sources for many of the materials that are unavailable in the United States as well as unique styles of webbing used in England and France. Amanda apprenticed to Bruno Paulin-Lopez, a master of French upholsterer based in Upstate New York where she put her skills to practice.
She now works for clients in the New York area out of her home studio in Edison, New Jersey.
