I / IV — Of Cloth & Quiet

The room
before the room.

MBFH is a Dubai textile studio producing the linens, drapery and soft commissions that arrange a room's mood before its first guest arrives.

Drapery in late light · molton ground Plate I
Silk · habotai Plate II
Linen · slub Plate III
Textiles shape atmosphere before a word is spoken
II / IV — Practice

Four
quiet
disciplines.

№ 01 Linen · Cotton sateen · Molton

Table & banqueting

Cloths, runners, napkins, placemats, overlays — calibrated to room and light.

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№ 02 Linen · Cotton · Velvet

Hospitality linens

Bed, bath, curtains, sheers, upholstery — discreetly engineered for daily wear.

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№ 03 Linen · Cotton twill · Silk

Branded soft goods

Aprons, uniforms, pouches, cushions — house identity worn at hand-distance.

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№ 04 Silk · Velvet · Linen

Capsule & lookbook

Limited editions, packaging textiles, capsule pieces for campaigns and stories.

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III / IV — Material

Five cloths, plainly named.

Sourced from trusted mills in Europe & the Levant. Every roll documented; nothing dressed up.
Linen № 01
Linen
Belgium · Italy

Natural slub, washed soft.

Cotton № 02
Cotton
Egypt · Portugal

Long-staple, mercerised.

Velvet № 03
Velvet
Italy

Cotton-silk pile, matte finish.

Silk № 04
Silk
Lyon · Como

Habotai, dupion, charmeuse.

Molton № 05
Molton
Germany

Brushed cotton, acoustic ground.

Maria · Atelier, Al Quoz Portrait
IV / IV — Hand
"I do not want the cloth to be noticed. I want the evening
to feel as it should feel — and the linen, having done its work,
to go quietly back into the cupboard."
Maria Bosenko
Founder · MBFH
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In confidence — selected houses 2017 — present
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We work with houses that prefer not to be named. References are offered, privately, on visiting.