A bit of textile history has quietly slipped into the world of home decor out in East Hampton. At LongHouse Reserve, tucked among the gardens and art installations, visitors will spot a new series of pillows with serious pedigree. Made from Jack Lenor Larsen’s vintage fabrics, these limited-edition pieces bring the visionary designer’s unmistakable flair — texture, color, and all — out of museums and into living rooms.
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill DelanoThey’re selling for $185 each, but you’re buying more than just a pillow. Larsen, who founded LongHouse and changed the conversation around American textiles, treated fabrics as more than finishing touches: they were art, worthy of real attention. His knack for marrying age-old techniques with modern design gave us patterns and weaves that still look fresh decades later. Now, these handmade pillows let fans and collectors get a little closer to that legacy.
If you love interiors, it’s hard not to be tempted. Each pillow takes Larsen’s distinctive fabrics, which are high-wattage patterns and vibrant threads, and remixes them for the home. Toss one on your favorite chair, prop it on a guest bed, or set a pair in the sunroom for an unexpectedly elegant flash of history. Each piece is unique; every one has a story stitched inside it.
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill Delano
Photo: Bill DelanoIt means something special on the East End, where Larsen did more than design textiles. He imagined LongHouse as a living, breathing meeting point—art, design, gardens, architecture, all coming together. The Reserve’s 16 acres are just as he left them, a swirling blend of natural beauty and curated creativity. The pillows capture that ethos, too: they’re small-scale reminders to let art filter into daily routines.
There’s a whiff of nostalgia, sure, but also a feeling of now. For anyone immune to the lure of mass-produced decor, these pillows are a direct line to design pedigree you just can’t fake. They’re personal, they’re storied, and with only a handful made, they’re likely to disappear quickly.
The collection is available now at the LongHouse Reserve gift shop, with online sales on the horizon. Whether for a collector, an interiors connoisseur, or someone simply spellbound by Hamptons history, each pillow makes a handsome, heartfelt gift — and a tangible link to an American original.
