We are very pleased to introduce to Historic Style two more colourways of an old design!
Gallier Diamond wallpaper, up to now, has only been available on our online catalogue in one colourway. Now we have added two more colourways for greater choice!
Gallier Diamond Handprint Wallpaper was designed about 1860. It was used in the James Gallier House in New Orleans, which is a historic House Museum open to the public. James Gallier was an architect in early New Orleans and he designed this house for himself in 1857.
James Gallier House in New Orleans
When planning wallpaper for a heritage house, it is often good to have the confidence that a wallpaper is a true document design from a known source.
This wallpaper is Hand-screened and comes in 28" x 15' rolls
(68.5 cm x 4.57 m). It has a pattern repeat of 13 3/8” (34 cm); and comes untrimmed (28” wide on a wider piece of paper).
Being an untrimmed wallpaper, we recommend that a skilled professional installer be employed - but the results will be worth it!
To see all three colourways of this wallpaper, please see: Gallier Diamond
Enjoy the new choices of historic designs for your home!
October 22, 2009
New William Morris Fabrics and Wallpapers!
We are pleased to be adding even more William Morris fabrics and wallpapers on the actual 20th anniversary of our company.
Our first addition is two new linen fabrics in Morris' 'Snakeshead' design. In 100% linen, they show Morris' interpretation of the beautiful 'Snakeshead' fritillary flower, a small member of the Lily family that grew in the water meadows around Oxford.
The second design includes two new soft colourways in the 'Thistle' wool fabric. The cream and ivory colourways add two neutral choices to this soft and luxurious fabric. 'Thistle' was designed in 1897 by Morris' chief designer, John H. Dearle.
The third new addition is a new adaptation of William Morris' 'Cray' design of 1884. Simplified to a graceful outline of the original design, the new 'Cray Outline' wallpaper provides a soft, neutral, contemporary alternative to the more richly coloured historic patterns.
For a few years we have been sending out a Sale and Clearance section with our Newsletter. This has proved popular, and we continue to give our Newsletter readers first access to our Sale and Clearance items.
After a month, we will place remaining Sale and Clearance items here. The items listed are usually discontinued, and this is the last remaining stock. Sometimes the item will be the last of a certain colourway. In all cases, the prices are good!
Quantities are always limited, and we recommend a phone call or email to check availability.
If you want to receive our Newsletter to get first access to the Sale and Clearance items, please sign up here.
Happy bargain hunting!
April 27, 2009
21st Century wallpapers and fabrics!
A Glasgow-style wallpaper!
Wallpaper designs are frequently revived. William Morris based some of his designs on early 16th century Italian or English patterns. Garlands of roses from the Georgian period reappeared in the 1950's. And now, in the early part of the 21st century, wallpaper designs from the 1890's and the 1940's and 1950's are being revived.
Given new twists with colour and scale, the new patterns retain their appeal, but can take their place easily in contemporary interiors.
Historic Style will include some of these new wallpapers and fabrics when their design ancestry is based or inspired by a traditional design.
This wallpaper design from the 1890 - 1910 period is inspired by the Glasgow rose patterns popularized by the Scottish designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Though not designed by him, the design would complement his fabrics, and be at home in interiors inspired by his designs.
William de Morgan (1839-1917) was Britain's most talented pottery and tile designer. A life-long friend of William Morris, he designed tiles for Morris & Co. from 1863-1872 with galleons and fish being popular motifs.
His 'Galleon' set of tiles connect to make a frieze of "fantastical" ships, suitable for bathrooms, fireplaces, or other decorative wall applications.
The first is "Larkspur Boughs". It comes in a printed cotton in seven colourways, and has been inspired by William Morris' "Larkspur" wallpaper design of 1872. This fresh new fabric design coordinates with the "Larkspur" wallpaper and can be used for drapes, cushions or light-use upholstery.
The second fabric is "Paragon". This bold, mid-century design comes in four colourways, and can be used for drapes, cushions or light-use upholstery. It is a printed cotton fabric, and there is a very subtle shimmer in the inks of the 'shadows' of the design.
January 19, 2009 Style At Home features William Morris Wallpaper!
Samantha Pynn, Design Editor for Style At Home magazine, and host for "Pure Design" on House & Garden TV, chose William Morris's "Pink & Rose" wallpaper - which he designed in 1890 - for the redesign of a classic 1920's English Tudor home. This fresh wallpaper was coupled with an ivory white paint on the trim and wainscoting and a matching green on the french doors.
The wallpaper has the look and feel of a hand-blocked paper and is made of paper (not vinyl) that is produced from sustainably managed forests.
The "Pink & Rose" wallpaper comes in four colourways.
