Susan Dollenmaier

ANICHINI FOUNDER, SUSAN DOLLENMAIER EXPLAINS HER LIFE AS A SEARCH FOR THE GENUINE ARTICLE. HER LAID-BACK, EARTHY STYLE IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE HIGH-PACED WORLD OF LUXURY LINENS AND TEXTILES SHE HAS CREATED. SHE PURPOSELY CHOSE TO PUT ROOTS DOWN IN RURAL VERMONT, AND TO GROW THE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE OF ANICHINI THERE. SUSAN IS AN EXPERT ON TEXTILES. ALL THAT SHE LEARNED ABOUT TEXTILES, INCLUDING THEIR ANCIENT ORIGINS, ACTUAL WEAVING TECHNIQUES, HISTORY, AND THEIR HUGE ROLE IN CULTURE IS SELF-TAUGHT.

Yak Love: More Durable Than Cashmere

I fell in love with yak blankets and throws and we now carry them at Anichini. They are 100% natural and reflect the dark brown color of the yak. They have a very soft hand, close to cashmere, but the blankets are more durable. Like the cashmere of goats, yak hair is a secondary fiber […]

Anichini New York’s Tess Mix on the Evolution of Luxury Textiles

The idea of luxury has evolved in the most wonderful direction in the last ten years. Luxury’s exacting standards of absolute perfection have softened to embrace the distinctive qualities of handmade. When you think of luxury for the home and the interior, it has a specific definition that is more open minded and more earth […]

In the Beginning…there was linen

Most people agree that linen was the original woven textile. Remains of primitive linen production have been found that date back 36,000 years. The piece in this picture (insert) is said to be 7,000 years old, and the oldest piece of textile to exist. Visit any major museum and you will find ancient linen garments. […]