$450 NEW Queen MATTEO Pillow Shams Matelasse Set Frette Start Price USD 225.00 Current Price USD 225.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, December 01, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 11, 2008 Location Beverly Hills and Malibu, California See more about '$450 NEW Queen MATTEO Pillow Shams Matelasse Set Frette' Description BeverlyHillsActress store We are proud to have achieved the status of being a trusted Power Seller.  Power Sellers are those who do high volume sales and sustain excellent feedback!   Please carefully read item description, policy and shipping costs and ask any and all questions prior to bidding, thank you!    We're cleaning out the linen closets this month and selling some beautiful items.    These beautiful shams retail for $225 each, this auction is for a set of two valued at $450!!!  I am offering this at half price.  The designer ordered these as a second set for an eBay customer who wanted an extra set, I sold one and still have another set left over.   These STUNNING beautiful garment washed sham fit a queen /standard pillow. These shams are perfect. I can't tell you how beautiful this item is, absolutely perfect in every way. These are my personal favorites!    They are white soft textured cotton garment washed, made of a beautiful cotton matelasse design. Fabric is garment washed, almost Shabby Chic style and is made by Matteo.    Please see my other auctions for coordinating complimentary items with these shams - I have other Matteo items and will be having more items next week.  Mix and match for a European feel.    PLEASE NOTE:  This item is not sold with the down pillow insert as shown in the first and last photo. I simply put this on the pillow to show the detail on the shams.   Item was purchased by my bosses' interior designer at a home store in Montecito CA (where Oprah shops and home to billionaires) so you know this is a luxury item! We have a number of items by this luxury linen company to sell.   The original retail was $225 each. I have tried to capture the care and detail that goes into Matteo items beautiful high end garment washed italian fabrics.   About Matteo:   Matthew Lenoci  founded Matteo in 1996 to create simple sheets from the most luxurious textiles in the world. We spin yarns from the finest natural fibers—Egyptian cotton, Peruvian alpaca, Baltic flax, and Nepalese cashmere. We weave with the leading fabric mills in Italy, where the collective wisdom of centuries is combined with cutting-edge technology. We sew right here in Los Angeles in a large workshop adjacent to our design studio. The constant circulation between design and production yields a fertile creative environment and unparalleled quality control. Cotton fibers grow from the seedpods of the cotton plant.The whiteness, strength, length, and fineness of the cotton fiber determine its quality. The Italian wine masters say that the secret to fine wine is the best grapes. The Italian weavers say that the secret to great woven cotton fabrics is using the best cotton. Our mills use only the finest cotton in the world: Egyptian extra-long staple cotton. Distinguished by its extra-long, fine fibers, the cotton grown in the fertile soil of the Nile Valley is universally recognized as the finest cotton in the world. The staple length (or fiber length) is one of the main factors used to determine the cotton’s grade, which also determines the smoothness of the yarns that can be spun. The cotton chosen by our Italian mills has a staple length of three inches and up while lower grade cottons have staple lengths of less than one inch. Our linens are exclusively distributed by the finest specialty stores and interior designers. The full range of the Matteo collection can be found at our flagship store within ABC Carpet & Home in New York and our showroom in Los Angeles. 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