{"product_id":"mark-alexander-amante-tie-back","title":"Mark Alexander | Amante Tie Back","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmante is a linen tieback, a soft flat plaited band finished with a loop at each end, made to hold a curtain back without crushing the fabric. The plait is worked loosely so the band has give in it and settles into the shape of the curtain rather than cutting a hard line across it. The linen is matt and undyed at the base. It is the least formal tieback Mark Alexander make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composition is 100 per cent linen and it is supplied by the half metre, so you can order the length a particular window needs rather than a fixed size. Two colourways are made: Dove, a soft warm grey, and Tempest, a deeper blue-grey. Both are quiet enough to sit against a pale or mid-tone curtain without becoming the thing you look at. The finished band has enough body to hold its loop shape when it is hooked back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe use Amante on full-length linen curtains in bedrooms and garden rooms, hooked to a small cast pin set roughly two-thirds of the way down the drop. It also works on a single curtain at a door, where the tieback does real work rather than just dressing the window. Dove against a natural linen is the pairing we use most, and Tempest suits a room with blue or grey in the scheme already. Order a sample to see it in your own light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet the pin low enough that the curtain folds fall into a soft sweep rather than a tight pinch, and measure from the floor rather than from the pole, which is the reliable way to get a pair matching. Allow enough length that the band goes round the gathered curtain without compressing it, because too short and the leading edge creases permanently. Hand-stitch the loops rather than relying on a knot, and whip the raw ends of the plait so the linen does not work loose with use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% LI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSold by:\u003c\/strong\u003e the half metre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Curtain tiebacks, door curtains, dressing windows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dry clean recommended\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Accent, Mark Alexander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColourways:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 (Dove, Tempest)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mark Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Dove","offer_id":58067461308798,"sku":"MT107\/05","price":172.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tempest","offer_id":58067461341566,"sku":"MT107\/07","price":172.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sample - Dove","offer_id":58067461374334,"sku":"SAMPLE-MT107\/05","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sample - Tempest","offer_id":58067461407102,"sku":"SAMPLE-MT107\/07","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/9880\/0766\/files\/MT107-05-amante-tie-back-dove_01.jpg?v=1789984610","url":"https:\/\/shop.tobiasoliverinteriors.com\/products\/mark-alexander-amante-tie-back","provider":"Tobias Oliver","version":"1.0","type":"link"}