Chalet & Forêt

-100% Felted New Zealand Wool -16 mm Loop pile -2300 g/m2 -11 Colours -Stripe pattern -Fringes [80mm]at 2 sides -Carte Blanche: Yes

A chalet [‘ʃae.lɛI] is wooden house or farm, like being built in the Alp countries. Characteristics are the balconies/galleries and the large gutter. A chalet is originally made of heavy wood by means of isolation. Also, heavy shutters are specific to a chalet as the house is occupied only occasionally. The word ‘Chalet’ originates from the word ‘Chahtelèt’ in the Arpitan speaking Alp region and probably derived from the Medieval-Latin word ‘Casalis’, meaning shelter. Later, the word is altered in much larger accomodation, in which one or more families could live. Also, these were situated in...

Forêt • -100% Felted New Zealand Wool • -40/20 mm Cut pile • -3000 g/m² • -11 Colours • -Carte Bla

A “Forêt” is a large area of land covered with trees or other woody vegetation, covering an area of four billion hectares (15 million square miles) or approximately 30 percent of the world's land area. Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass. Forests at different latitudes form distinctly different ecozones: boreal forests near the poles tend to consist of evergreens, while tropical forests near the equator tend...