• The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging. It's made in Oaxaca, Mexico, from the leftover maguey leaves from mezcal production. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings, and can be custom made to any size.
  • Woman holding our Cortina Maguey, which is a handwoven sheer textile hanging. It's made in Oaxaca, Mexico, from the leftover maguey leaves from mezcal production. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings, and can be custom made to any size.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging. It's made in Oaxaca, Mexico, from the leftover maguey leaves from mezcal production. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings, and can be custom made to any size.
  • Hand woven maguey textile hanging
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings. Three cortinas are shown here in different sizes with other Twenty One Tonne products.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings.
  • The Cortina Maguey is a handwoven sheer textile hanging, made in Oaxaca, Mexico. These natural colored curtains make beautiful room dividers, window coverings or wall hangings. Shown here with woven sculptures.
  • Maguey agave field in Mexico.
  • Mexican maguey agave fibres.
  • Person showing the hand process of working with mexican maguey agave fibres.
  • The finished twine made from Mexican maguey agave leaves.
  • The weaving process using twine made from Mexican maguey agave leaves.
  • twenty one tonnes studio video of sheer curtains cortina maguey
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Custom Cortina Maguey

Custom Cortina Maguey

The Cortina Maguey is a uniquely beautiful sheer textile hanging, made to order by our craft partners in Oaxaca, Mexico. It brings a warm textural element, and catches the sunlight in the most beautiful way.

These woven hangings can be mounted as a room or screen divider, slid onto curtain rods in a window to provide a degree of privacy, or be displayed as a wall hanging. They are particularly stunning on a large scale or layered in a group.

Each custom piece is the result of an incredibly labour-intensive craft process that utilizes the leftover maguey leaves from mezcal production in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Book a virtual or in-person studio appointment HERE to see the Cortina Maguey up close. 

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MATERIAL

Maguey, also known as agave or espadin

MADE IN

Made by hand in Oaxaca, Mexico

As these pieces are made entirely by hand from natural materials please expect slight variations in tone & texture

DETAILS

TOP*

  • hand-knotted loops along top edge, tab-top style
  • solid woven band under loops, 0.8" (2cm) minimum

PANEL

  • 0.4-0.8" (1-2cm) grid pattern
  • wrapped side edge detail

BASE FINISH OPTIONS

  • optional solid band at base
  • choose between knotted tassels or wrapped bottom edge detail

OTHER

  • This hanging can slide onto a curtain rod or dowel (not included)
  • Ships in a cardboard tube

SIZING

Individual panel sizing up to 6.6' (2m) wide x any height

TIMELINE

  • Made to order
  • Approx 4 - 6 week lead time (confirmed at time of quote, and beginning when payment has been made)

PROCESS

Made from leaves of the maguey plant (also known as agave or espadin), first the leaves are pressed until all but the fibres remain. The resulting tangle of blonde fibres is whipped and combed into smooth strands, and then twisted into lengths of slender cord. The cord is set into a treadle loom on which each piece is woven by hand.

We recommend taking a moment with Rosalinda Olivares' images of the craft process on our journal post: PROCESS | our maguey collection from field to loom

PARTNERS

Our Maguey Collection is the result of a collaborative design process with our partners at FIBRA, a project of Hermano Maguey, and Susana Vicente Galan, a weaver from the renowned textile craft community of Teotitlan del Valle in Oaxaca.

We have endeavoured to produce it in a way that honors the traditional craft process and the indigenous Oaxacan families at its centre.

If your question wasn’t answered above, or you’d like a personal design consult please contact us or make a virtual or in-person studio appointment.

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