Contemporary Irish Linen Design
Katie Larmour Linen is an Irish design studio celebrated for refined craftsmanship, thoughtful sustainability and a modern approach to traditional Irish Linen.
Founded by designer-maker Katie Larmour, the studio brings together heritage materials and contemporary design to create pieces that feel both timeless and quietly distinctive.
Katie Larmour
Katie Larmour trained in Applied Art at the University of Ulster, Belfast, graduating in 2006. After eight years working as an art and antiques dealer, she established her design studio in 2014, combining a deep understanding of material culture with a hands-on making practice.
Irish Linen has always been central to her work. Growing up in Northern Ireland, surrounded by the legacy of the linen industry, and with family ties to the Huguenot artisans who helped shape it, linen is both a personal and professional inheritance.
A Material with Meaning
The studio is known for its use of natural, undyed Irish Linen, often in its distinctive oatmeal tone. Sourced from vintage and antique cloth, mill deadstock and studio off-cuts, the linen is chosen for its texture, longevity and integrity.
Certified by the Irish Linen Guild as a trusted and recommended maker, the brand champions linen as a material worthy of careful design and contemporary relevance.
Festive Craft, Reimagined
Over recent years, Katie Larmour Linen has become particularly known for its beautifully crafted linen decorations, designed to bring warmth, softness and subtle sparkle to seasonal interiors.
Often described as jewellery for the tree, each piece is made using salvaged Irish Linen and intricate beadwork, designed to be treasured, collected and brought out year after year.
These designs are stocked internationally and can be found in cultural institutions, historic houses, museums, luxury hotels and design-led boutiques across Ireland, the UK and beyond.
How It’s Made
Every piece begins with the material.
- Linen is sourced from vintage, antique and waste streams
- Designs are embroidered using traditional techniques by a small, specialist artisan workshop
- Makers are SEDEX audited and certified
- Fabric is slow-shipped to reduce environmental impact
- Final finishing, labelling and packaging are completed by hand in Ireland
We're careful to use no dyes, no mass production, just timeless considered craft at every stage.
Recognition
Katie Larmour’s work has been widely recognised across design and craft, with exhibitions and collaborations including Heal’s of London, New York Design Week, the Linen Biennale and Belfast Design Week.
Her designs have been featured in publications such as House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Financial Times – How To Spend It, Irish Times and Haute Living.
Katie Larmour is a member of Craft NI, the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland, the Crafts Council of England, the Ulster Society of Women Artists, the British European Design Group and the Irish Linen Guild. She is also an ambassador for CELC – The European Confederation of Flax and Hemp.
