Instead of upholstering them in damask, she used African fabrics.
One of the biggest-selling and most often mass-produced African fabrics is kente.
Though the popularity of African fabrics is gaining, their share of the market is still low.
But many of them stock only cheaply printed versions of the African fabrics.
Rooms are furnished with African fabrics and art, and all have a private terrace or garden.
Nearby, an artisans' fair was in full swing, selling African fabrics, jewelry and pottery.
The clothes they made shaped traditional African fabrics into fresh new styles.
Or maybe getting some African fabric from the shops on 116th Street.
The children wear uniforms with colorful ties made from African fabric.
It made me feel like the sankofa symbol, a design often found on African fabrics.