AUTOMOTIVE
FALCON WRAITH
CANVAS: WRAITH | MEDIUM: EMBROIDERY,
PAINT
The Falcon Wraith features the most detailed
single embroidery to ever appear in a Rolls-
Royce motor car. An intricate embroidery of a
Peregrine Falcon, the fastest bird in the world,
is interpreted in photo-realistic detail amongst
clouds on Wraith’s headlining. Consisting of
nearly 250,000 stitches, the dramatic embroidery
took more than one month to develop.
A unique coachline in Arctic White hints at
the form of the bird’s wing, with the motif
additionally embroidered between the rear seats
and painted onto Wraith’s fascia.
THE ARABIAN GULF PHANTOM A sculpted silk appliqué Gallery by British Artist Helen Amy Murray
CANVAS: PHANTOM | MEDIUM: EMBROIDERY, PAINT, MOTHER OF takes centre stage across the motor car’s fascia. Reminiscent of
PEARL, SCULPTED SILK APLIQUÉ swelling oceans, the Turchese Gallery is punctuated by a Mother of
Pearl clock.
The Arabian Gulf Phantom adopts the rich colours and historical
narrative of pearl diving in the Middle East. The Turchese exterior The Nautilus shell is embroidered on Phantom’s rear doors,
hue is evocative of the vibrant local waters, while the Andalusian whilst the rear occupants may also enjoy the motif in Mother of
White upper two-tone recalls the purity of natural pearls, alluding Pearl marquetry on the picnic tables’ fascia. Once deployed, the
to the story within. An Arctic White coachline introduces a hand- picnic tables present a complex piece of marquetry, incorporating
painted Nautilus shell motif that forms the basis for the car’s design. generously applied Mother of Pearl to the picnic table-top.
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The Art of Luxury
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