Koko is a superb fabric built on wide bands of linen, between which thin, flattened stripes are inserted like punctuation marks. The description is exact: the narrow stripes pace the cloth the way commas pace a sentence, giving the generous bands rhythm and rest. It is striping reduced to its most intelligent form, structure rather than decoration, and the linen gives the whole a dry, natural authority that suits both crisp and relaxed rooms.
