Mark Alexander wallpaper

How Mark Alexander wallpaper reads on an American wall

Mark Alexander wallpaper is built around woven natural surfaces, and you see it the moment the first drop goes up on drywall: light travels across the weave instead of bouncing back off it. A flat corridor picks up depth. On a 9 ft (2.74 m) wall the grain of a hand-woven grasscloth reads like very fine linen, and the color settles differently at breakfast than under lamplight. The palette stays in subtle, natural shades and earthy tones, so texture leads and color supports.

Grasscloth and paperweave: the woven half of the range

Two techniques carry most of the collection. Hand-woven grasscloth gives the coarser, openly visible grain: Grasscloth II uses, according to the brand, responsibly sourced botanical fibers. The Japanese art of paper weaving gives a finer, more even surface, which is where the Paperweave collection belongs. Our broader grasscloth wallpaper selection shows how the category behaves across the brands we carry.

Where pattern comes in: Grasscloth Prints and the Collage line

Grasscloth Prints lays graphic designs onto a grasscloth backing, so one panel carries a motif and a texture at once. The Collage editions layer instead: Collage IV is the newest, Collage III the more expressive. In a powder room, read from arm's length, that level of detail earns its keep. Around a breakfast nook, the plainer weaves sit better against cabinetry and hardware.

Room by room in a US home

Entryways and primary bedrooms suit these weaves best; both gain from a wall that feels warm rather than flat. Natural fiber and a wet mudroom are a poor pairing. Putting these designs in a room with strong afternoon glare? Then plan around the light: a heavily textured surface shifts more over a day than a smooth one.

Order a sample before you order rolls

Woven surfaces have real relief and, at times, an irregular repeat, so a Mark Alexander sample tells you more than a screen can. Grasscloth shows its seams by design, which many people want and some do not. Your own light settles that before rolls are cut. For a pronounced texture, have the work done by a professional hanger.

Buying the brand's wallpapers from a European dealer

The brand was founded in 2010 under the Romo Group — the family-run British house behind Romo wallpaper — and it keeps a design team of its own in-house. The group's Romo cushions echo a wall color in textile. Selected Wallpapers is an official dealer and carries the full range. Duties and taxes are included in the price shown, and orders ship from the Netherlands. Questions about a design or its composition? Ask us.