Introducing: TEKLA

Welcome, TEKLA

There are brands that arrive with decades of history behind them, and others that seem to define a new way of living almost immediately. Tekla belongs to the latter.

Established in Copenhagen in 2017, Tekla was created in response to a home textile market caught between plain white basics and overly designed alternatives. Its proposition was refreshingly straightforward: exceptional quality, considered colour and honest design. 

Beginning with bedding, Tekla has since developed a complete textile world for the home, encompassing bed linen, towels, blankets and more. Across every collection, the approach remains remarkably consistent. Form and function are treated with equal importance, with inspiration drawn from art and architecture rather than fleeting interiors trends. 

A Copenhagen point of view

Tekla is distinctly Scandinavian, but perhaps not in the way we have come to expect.

Rather than a world of white, beige and restrained minimalism, there is colour. Checks, stripes and unexpected combinations sit alongside quieter shades, giving familiar household textiles an entirely different character.

It is one of the things we love most about Tekla. A towel is still a towel. A pillowcase is still a pillowcase. But through proportion, material and colour, these everyday objects become part of the way a room feels.

That thinking is deeply connected to Tekla's fascination with architecture. The brand has explored the work and colour theories of Le Corbusier, for example, whose combination of functional modernism and surprisingly expressive colour reflects a tension that can also be seen throughout Tekla's collections. 

Made to be lived with

For all the strength of its visual identity, Tekla is fundamentally concerned with how things feel and perform.

The design process begins with material, comfort, quality and function before considering texture and aesthetics. Bedding is designed to retain that particular feeling of freshly washed sheets; towels to feel soft while drying with ease. The intention is not to create precious objects, but pieces that become part of everyday life. 

That philosophy extends to how Tekla thinks about consumption. Rather than following rapid trend cycles, the brand designs around longevity and asks a particularly good question of the things it makes: not simply will this last?, but will this be loved? 

Tekla has also been B Corp certified since 2023 and says 97–100% of the materials used across its core and seasonal ranges by volume met its preferred-material criteria between 2022 and 2025. 

Tekla at Perrault

For our first collection, we have focused on the pieces that best introduce the Tekla world: crisp organic cotton percale bedding, wonderfully substantial terry towels and bath mats, and lambswool blankets.

There are Douglas Checks and quiet stripes for the bed; rich Racing Green, Kodiak, Storm Blue and Magenta in the bathroom; and beautifully weighted wool for elsewhere in the home.

Individually, they're very good objects. Together, they explain rather neatly why Tekla has become one of the most interesting names in contemporary home textiles.