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HBF Textiles and Barbara Barry Inspire with Textural “Color Block” Collection - HBF Textiles, Barbara Barry, and Mary Jo Miller Collaborate for Natural, Thoughtful Textiles Series -

Hickory, NC – September 2017 —HBF Textiles has partnered with illustrious textile designer Barbara Barry for a fourth collaboration, creating a fabric collection dedicated to the beauty of naturally occurring designs. Color Block epitomizes Barbara’s refined sense of proportion and balance while drawing inspiration from harmonious patterns found in Nature’s landscape.

Color Block features five new fabrics that are as equally elegant as they are inviting. Ranging from heathered shades to multi-colored designs, Color Block emulates the dynamism and energy that appears organically in nature. Designs like Dry Run, Crosstweed, and Wrap Around provide relaxed sophistication with varying textures and palettes. Paintbox and Lava Rock enliven any space with their fresh patterns and saturated hues. “As a designer of furniture and form, I like to use solid fabrics in a color blocking way. Blocks of color juxtaposed against each other creates pattern in the most modern way,” explains Barbara. “Color Block is a collection of solid textiles with varying textures, inspired by combinations in nature that pair together naturally and elegantly.” Barry’s collaborative process with HBF Textiles dates back to 1996 when her eponymous fabric collection first launched at NeoCon. Her work is as timeless today as it was 20 years ago, with a vision that stems from a fascination with relationships and harmony - paving the way for the Color Block collection. “Our fourth collaboration with Barbara resulted in a high-quality, sustainable fabric collection that maintains a remarkably emotive vision,” comments HBF Textiles Vice President of Design and Creative Direction Mary Jo Miller. “Barbara’s ability to find relationships within textures and colors is inspiring. With HBF Textiles’ dedication to dimensional textures and utilizing premier mill partners, we were able to bring this artistic dialogue to life with Color Block.” HBF Textiles’ commitment to luxury performance with sustainable initiatives creates lasting, quality products, which are represented fully within the Color Block collection. Bleach cleanable Paintbox and Wrap Around provide the durability of a performance fabric while preserving the luxurious comfort standard of HBF Textiles. Dry Run and Lava Rock are both composed of recycled polyester, with rapidly renewable content present in Crosstweed and Lava Rock, making Color Block a sustainable option. All of the fabrics reflect this quality directive with exceptional abrasion performance surpassing 92,000 double rubs.

Fabrics in the Color Block series include:

Wrap Around Wrap Around is a 100% Trevira® CS construction with multiple applications for upholstery, wrapped panels & drapery.

• Crafted in Germany as a micro scaled looped construction, Wrap Around yields a finely detailed texture

• Available in 11 hues, Wrap Around establishes the foundation of the palette for the Color Block collection

• Bleach cleanable up to 10% for difficult stains • The performance side of this design includes 100,000 double

rubs on the Wyzenbeek abrasion test • Wrap Around comes standard free of finishes and backings • $67.00 a yard net, Grade G on HBF

Dry Run Dry Run is a textural plain with relaxed sophistication.

• Its “sanded” texture and matte appearance gives each color a soft patina that is a beautiful tint of the original color

• Dry Run is composed of 52% recycled polyester and a PFOA free GreenShield® oil and water repellent finish, making it a sustainable choice

• Woven in Canada at a family owned mill known for their complex piece dye capabilities

• Available in 9 dusty colorations • 100,000 Double rubs on the Wyzenbeek abrasion test • $29.00 a yard net, Grade A on HBF

Paintbox Paintbox is a multi-colored checked design that pulls the whole collection together - offering three different color palettes with complementary solids.

• Its midsize scale of geometric squares enlivens any scheme

• Paintbox is approved for indoor/outdoor use with extreme lightfastness and is bleach cleanable

• Woven in the United States by the premier outdoor fabric company Sunbrella®

• 3 multi-colored options with a PFOA free stain repellent finish

• 92,000 double rubs on the Wyzenbeek abrasion test • $60.00 a yard net, Grade G on HBF

Lava Rock Lava Rock is modern quilted construction with a dimensional stitched pattern.

• Colored in black, warm white and cool grey, it is architectural in nature and soft in hand

• Its blend of cotton and recycled polyester give it 61% rapidly renewable content and 21% post-consumer recycled content

• Woven in the United States at a small mill in Pennsylvania that specializes in stuffed and stitched (matelassé) constructions

• 3 tried and true neutrals with simple contrasting stitching • Comes standard with an Alta™ PFOA free stain repellent

finish and light acrylic backing • 100,000 double rubs on the Wyzenbeek abrasion test • $59.00 a yard net, Grade F

Crosstweed Crosstweed is a blended fabric with a distinct textural nubby hand.

• Crosstweed has a casual residential feel with the durability of a contract fabric

• Woven in Italy at a small family run mill that has mastered twisting yarns for optimum softness and durability

• Comprised of cotton, linen, viscose, acrylic and polyester, each fiber plays a significant role in the balance between aesthetics and performance

• Crosstweed comes standard free of finishes and backings • Available in 9 heathered shades • 100,000 double rubs on the Wyzenbeek abrasion test • $59.00 a yard net, Grade F on HBF

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About HBF Textiles HBF Textiles gives dimension to the lives and spaces of users, designers, and communities through the essential qualities of fabric. Our expertise comes from understanding the inherent qualities of fabric—yarn, dyeing, spinning, structure and weave. What we produce is not just textiles, but a larger web of relationships. Weaving textiles together with manufacturing and production, we are part of a two-hundred year old legacy of textile manufacturing within North Carolina. And, with like-minded mills and collaborators––locally and globally––we explore together the myriad of possibilities of what fabric can be. Visit us at www.hbftextiles.com About Barbara Barry Award-winning designer Barbara Barry is internationally known for her streamlined interiors and elegant home furnishings. Her look speaks to quiet luxury, comfort and ease – supporting her design philosophy that living simply and with quality is the highest form of luxury. Her celebrated vision of beauty finds expression through partnerships with internationally renowned companies, including Baker Furniture, Hickory Business Furniture, Henredon, Kallista Plumbing, Kravet Fabrics, Visual Comfort Lighting, Global Views and others, as well as her own line of signature bedding. Barbara Barry’s collections are sold in fine stores and design centers throughout the world with galleries in Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. About Mary Jo Miller Vice President of Design and Development for HBF Textiles Mary Jo Miller has been the creative visionary behind HBF Textiles for over 25 years. During her tenure, Miller has led the development of a number of award-winning collections and been responsible for translating the works of interior designers,

architects and industrial designers into the textile medium. Her own textile collections are experiments with color, texture and graphics and represent some of HBF Textiles best sellers. Media Contacts

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