Palmeria Velvet Cotton Pillowcase Pair - Emerald

The Palmeria pillowcase pair leads with its face: a quilted palm-leaf design worked into soft velvet, sold as a pair in the Oxford size. The front is 100% polyester velvet, chosen for the depth of pile that lets the embroidered fronds catch and hold the light, so the pattern reads as much through shadow and sheen as through outline. The emerald green you see in the photograph is deep and even across the whole face, with the leaf shapes raised in relief against the flatter quilted ground. The reverse is 100% cotton, a plainer, cooler face against which the velvet front does the decorative work.

These are dressing pillowcases first, the ones that sit at the front of the stack against a headboard and set the tone for the rest of the bed. The dark, saturated green suits a bedroom that leans into colour rather than away from it, and it sits comfortably against black or charcoal walls, brass and warm metals, and the kind of soft neutrals you might bring in through a throw or fresh flowers. Because you buy the pair, you dress a double or larger bed evenly without hunting for a match later.

Each case is finished with an oxford edge, the flat fabric border that frames the pillow and gives it its tailored line, and closes with an envelope opening at the back so the pillow stays tucked in with no buttons or zip to feel through the velvet. The two faces give you a genuine choice night to night: the velvet front when you want the pattern on show, the cotton reverse turned up when you want something cooler and quieter against your skin. It is a considered piece for a bedroom you want to feel finished.

How many pillowcases come in this pack?

This is sold as a pair, so you receive two Oxford pillowcases and can dress a double or larger bed evenly from a single purchase.

What is the difference between the front and the back?

The front is quilted polyester velvet carrying the embroidered palm design, and the reverse is plain cotton, which is cooler and quieter against your skin at night.

What is an oxford edge?

An oxford edge is a flat fabric border running around the pillowcase, framing the pillow and giving it a tailored, finished line rather than a plain sewn seam.

How does the pillowcase close?

It closes with an envelope opening at the back, where the fabric overlaps to hold the pillow in place with no buttons or zip to feel through the velvet.

Will this match a larger set?

The Palmeria design runs across a wider range in this emerald colourway, so these pillowcases are made to sit alongside the coordinating bedding.