Seafarer: Tactile Luxury Upholstery
Posted by Armistead Booker on Mar 18th 2026
P/Kaufmann Contract announces Seafarer, a new tactile luxury upholstery for hotel and cruise guest experiences, now available for your hospitality projects.
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Our Seafarer Collection offers IMO-compliant multi-use velvets and IMO-backed upholstery fabrics with crossover appeal to enhance the guest experience, whether the destination is a cruise at sea or a grand hotel. Showcasing large-scale organic and abstract patterning with high-low surface depth, these performance fabrics elevate hospitality spaces where tactile luxury makes a dramatic statement.
There are 17 patterns and 90 total colorways in Seafarer. Here's a preview.
Beachline
This abstract velvet pattern reads as a stylized animal print, adding drama to cruise ship upholstery or contract drapery applications. Available in seven colorways. This pattern is inherently flame-resistent velvet.
Bene Cove
Raised geometric patterning is carved into this Art Deco-inspired velvet, offering a dramatic statement for IMO upholstery and drapery design schemes. Available in five colorways. This pattern is inherently flame-resistent velvet.
Breakwater
Suitable for IMO upholstery and drapery applications, this luxurious velvet is saturated with jewel-toned hues, creating a dynamic tonal pattern. Available in three colorways. This pattern is inherently flame-resistent velvet.
Seabank
This mid-scale velvet pattern is sculpted to form deeply contoured geometric motifs, creating surface and color variation that will add a sense of luxury to IMO upholstery and contract drapery aesthetics. Available in five colorways. This pattern is inherently flame-resistent velvet.
IMO Alcove
This wave-like, tonal geometric upholstery pattern is woven in full-pile chenille for maximum sensory appeal. Available in three colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Battan
This small-scale upholstery pattern-as-texture provides a versatile, multi-color element that ties a room scheme together. Available in five colorways.
IMO Constellary
This small-scale upholstery pattern-as-texture provides a versatile, multi-color element that ties a room scheme together. Available in five colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Huckster
Rich chenille and subtle gold metallic accents elevate this upholstery texture for cruise ship and hospitality interiors. Available in 10 colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Intercoastal
Overlapping raised lines in chenille showcase the subtle interplay of matte and sheen in this upholstery pattern-as-texture. Available in eight colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Landward
Comingled multi-tonal yarns give this mini-stripe upholstery texture a dimensional versatility. Available in five colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Lucence
This velvet upholstery conveys a weathered elegance, contrasting rich pile with exposed ground to create a varied surface texture. Available in five colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Naupaka
Inspired by the blossoms of the Hawaiian flowering shrub, Naupaka showcases an abstract floral pattern woven in plush chenille against a textural bouclé ground. Available in six colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Quayside
This versatile upholstery texture features a menswear-inspired small-scale herringbone woven in a mix of chenille yarns. Available in three colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Seaway
Raised chenille wavy lines with a hand-drawn look add a sense of movement to this abstract upholstery pattern. Available in four colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Tideline
This small-scale upholstery pattern features an irregular grid of dashed elements that read as a multi-tonal texture. Available in five colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Tombolo
Multilevel sculpted velvet traces dense pathways across a textured ground in this dynamic, large-scale upholstery pattern. Available in six colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
IMO Windero
This abstract pattern highlights the contrast between the sheen of richly colored chenille and the matte texture of the neutral ground. Available in three colorways. This pattern is backed to pass IMO UPH Part 8 maritime uses.
Header Photo Credits
Photographer: MJ Kroeger
Stylists: Eduardo Vinueza, Dave Whitaker
Assistant: Landon Kroeger
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