ABOUT

OrangeHOWELL

Brand Story


LILLY Pillow Honors Michelin 3 STAR delight, the hi-light of our culture’s coded star rankings. The 3, 4, & 5 Star Pillows, celebrate OrangeHOWELL’s Neiman Marcus Snowflake & Star Legacy Ornament Collections. (2010 - 2015)

Lilly Pillow, Three Star motifs, mono-printed images of Neiman Marcus Ornaments.


OrangeHOWELL: Designs surface patterns for textiles, wallpaper, tableware, decorative objects. celebratory gifts for custom commissions and licenses. Color, motifs, rhythmic pattern and relevant heritage are key elements of OrangeHOWELL’s brand story.

Established in 2010, OrangeHOWELL is an ode to Paula Zanger’s Great-great-grandfather, an American Quaker, with deep ties to the Underground Railroad, whose name really was Orange Lemon Howell.

Dream Work…Collections of Silver Tableware & Centerpieces | Textile Collaborations in Japan, India & Europe


Orange L .W. Howell

Orange Lemon Warren Howell is pictured here with his wife, Ella Chamness-Howell celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, most likely in the rural town of Blountsville, Henry County, Indiana.

Mark Twain look-a-like, silvered sepia photograph is penned on the reverse, “Orange L.W. Howell”, Grandfather of Ralph Howell. Orange was a stone mason by trade, appreciated the drink, piano and poetry.


ABOUT DESIGN PROCESS - Swirl Motif

Motif, Scale, Sketch & Draw, Create, Color, Palette, Test, Refine, Design


Fanny Bedwell-Howell was Orange’s mother. Orange L.W. Howell is seated, hat on knee, left of center. “IT TAKES AN EAST VILLAGE” …