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The Hamptons’ Chicest Souvenir Is a $185 Jack Lenor Larsen Pillow
Forget the basic Hamptons sweatshirt. This autumn, while everyone is here for pumpkin patches and apple picking, the only souvenir that matters is a throw pillow — yes, a pillow — made from vintage Jack Lenor Larsen fabrics, on sale at East Hampton’s LongHouse Reserve. Not your average accent pillow, each one is crafted from Larsen’s iconic materials, wrapped up with a side of design history and price, and tagged at $185. Think less “seasonal tchotchke,” more “tiny textile heirloom” with a story woven into every stitch.
For those not on a first-name basis with Larsen: he’s the original textile luminary, a man who shook up the design world with bold colors, wild textures, and the idea that fabric doesn’t belong in the background. Interiors didn’t just look different after Larsen; they felt different: richer and more alive. His touch is still everywhere, whispering to designers that fabric can make a room sing.
These vintage textiles aren’t just languishing on a shelf. They’re back in action, reincarnated as pillows, one-offs that practically double as art. Toss one on the couch, and suddenly, you don’t just have a “look.” You’ve got a piece of design royalty holding court in your living room. Not your run-of-the-mill home accessory, and certainly not the kind of thing you pick up and forget by summer’s end.
Is there a better place to snag them than LongHouse itself? Larsen created this 16-acre wonderland as a living, breathing marriage of art, nature, and everyday life, an outdoor gallery where sculpture and landscape are in constant conversation. The place isn’t so much a garden as a manifesto. Taking home one of these pillows is like pocketing a little slice of that creative magic.
For design collectors, the pillows check every box: vintage appeal, that special-not-ubiquitous vibe, Larsen’s legendary name, and a price that’s way less than what you’d drop for a vintage Nakashima chair.
Lay it on the guest bed, throw it in the sunroom, or let it breathe new life into that one sad chair in the hall. These also make killer gifts for design enthusiasts — the ones who know the difference between “cute” and “classic.”
Catch them in person at the LongHouse Reserve gift shop before the rush hits and they’re snapped up. Online sales are coming soon.
They are a limited run, with shopping for these coming to their website. Go now, regret nothing.