Corey Damen Jenkins for Hancock & Moore: Colour, Pattern and Leather

Corey Damen Jenkins designs for Hancock & Moore under a single animating idea: where antiquity and modernity meet. The collections, available through Sutter & Vale's Hancock & Moore selection, pull from Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman architecture, Art Deco, and the Viennese Secessionist Period, then anchor all of it in North Carolina leather upholstery built to last decades.

What Makes Corey Damen Jenkins's Collections for Hancock & Moore Different?

The historical range is wide, and it shows up in the names. Pieces named Ulysses, Diana, and Adam sit beside Deco-era names like Flossie, Charlize, and Margeaux. This is not decoration for its own sake. Jenkins has described his approach as working like a music conductor, merging color, pattern play, and historical reference into spaces that feel expressive and composed at once. The classical world supplies the architecture of a piece. The Deco and Secessionist periods supply the ornament and the finish.

At Hancock & Moore specifically, his stated intention is to identify what is missing in the marketplace and create fresh concepts around it. The 48-piece collection reflects that ambition: quilted wing chairs, a settee, a sofa with metal insets, a swivel chair with bullion fringe, and a canine motif that runs through the whole line, from a dog bed to chairs with cast pewter dog's-head arm terminals.

How Does Pattern and Color Work Across the Line?

Jenkins argues that bold color carries real risk and real reward. He cites the history of jewel tones as markers of power and station, and that conviction lands visibly in the Hancock & Moore work. From the showroom floor: quilted olive leather, oxblood ottomans on casters, green leather button-tufted dining chairs against a pale cerused oak table. These are not safe choices.

Pattern, in his hands, is almost always layered. He speaks openly about juxtaposing periods, pairing a classical frame with a modern print or a texture like tiger velvet. At Hancock & Moore the layering happens in the upholstery details as much as the fabric choice. The house's nailhead program runs in two gauges, 5/8 inch medium and 7/8 inch large, in finishes including Pewter, Old Brass, French Natural, and Vintage Brass. A single piece can carry both gauges at once: a dense small-gauge line along the arm roll, a spaced larger-gauge row on the outside back, with top-stitched seam lines in the leather itself. That kind of material decision is where the pattern logic continues past the fabric.

What Should You Know About Hancock & Moore's Leather Standards?

Hancock & Moore has benched upholstered pieces in North Carolina since 1981, using techniques that predate the machinery around them. The house selects hides to a standard most upholstery makers do not reach. The result is seating built for twenty or more years of genuine use.

For a quick reference on what the leather and detailing registers actually look like:

Which Pieces Are in the Jenkins Collection Right Now?

The collection runs to 48 pieces. Among the named ones confirmed on hancockandmoore.com: the Doxon Quilted Wing Chair, Doxon Settee, Julia Sofa with Metal Insets, Ulysses Wood Chair, Regency Swivel Chair with Bullion, and the Bella Dog Bed. The Doxon Settee and the Johara Stool are part of the current introduction slate. All pieces at Sutter & Vale are made to order.

If you are specifying bar or counter seating in a room that already carries Hancock & Moore upholstery, the Mirad Quilted Swivel Bar Stool and the Ryder Swivel Bar Stool are worth considering alongside the Jenkins pieces for how their detailing reads in that company.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Jenkins collection for Hancock & Moore available in fabric as well as leather?

Fabrics and finishes are available across the Hancock & Moore line, so pieces in the Jenkins collection can be specified in fabric where the frame accommodates it. The house's leather program remains its primary strength, and most of the Jenkins designs were conceived with leather's surface qualities in mind.

How long does a made-to-order Hancock & Moore piece typically take?

Lead times for made-to-order upholstery vary by piece, configuration, and material. Sutter & Vale can provide current production lead times when you are ready to specify. It is worth building this into your project schedule early, particularly for complex leather orders with custom nailhead detailing.

What does "design democracy" mean in Jenkins's practice?

Jenkins uses the phrase to describe a working method where the client's personality, lifestyle, and story set the direction. The historical references, the color, and the pattern are tools for expressing that story, not a fixed aesthetic imposed on every room. The classical names and Deco ornament in the Hancock & Moore collection are a vocabulary, and the client decides which words the room uses.

The Sutter & Vale Team