Pierre Frey Wallpaper

Pierre Frey wallpaper comes from a Paris house that Pierre Frey founded in 1935 and that has stayed in his family for three generations. It began as an upholstery house, and its studio still gives a wall the same attention it gives a length of cloth.

You can see that background on the wall. Many designs read like fabric: a faded tapestry, a blurred ikat, a linen weave you want to run your hand over. Selected Wallpapers carries the brand as an official dealer and ships it to the United States.

The history behind Pierre Frey wallpaper

Patrick Frey, the founder's son, runs the house today with his three sons, Pierre, Vincent and Matthieu. Over the years the family acquired several historic French textile names: Braquenié, Boussac, Fadini Borghi and Le Manach. Each brought its own archive, so the range runs from period patterns to clearly contemporary work.

The design studio keeps going back to that archive. Persian miniatures, Indian textile prints and Art Deco geometry are redrawn as collections that sit comfortably in a modern room. Pierre Frey is also a member of the Comité Colbert, the French association of houses built on craftsmanship.

Materials and look of Pierre Frey wallcovering

Pierre Frey wallcovering rarely looks like plain paper. Some designs read as linen or a tight weave from across the room. Others carry the soft, irregular edges of a printed or woven textile. Take Au Bord du Lac wallpaper, a wall-sized verdure scene of oak trees, a lake and two wading birds that looks like an old tapestry gone pale with age, in dark green, teal, ochre and rust.

The Toile de Nantes wallpaper takes the same textile idea somewhere else: wavy bands with blurred ikat edges, thin stripes and small dots, shown in chartreuse on off-white. Between those two sit quiet linen textures, geometric repeats and large botanical scenes. Color shifts with the collection, from tonal creams to saturated blues and oranges.

Signature Pierre Frey wallpaper collections

Below is a selection of the Pierre Frey wallpaper collections we carry, each with its own character.

• Natecru Textures N.4 — twenty-two tone-on-tone designs in beige and cream, where structure stands in for pattern
• Sequana — small checks, grids and woven structures in earth tones, with no single motif taking over
• Memoires Colorees — ikat and embroidery motifs given a visible brushstroke, with deep blue beside coral red
• Jardin À La Française — the French garden from orchard to flowerbed, including a grid that recalls wrought ironwork
• Lumières Boréales — small roses climbing in stripes and Scandinavian folk motifs drawn as if embroidered
• Cappuccino — thirty drawn designs, from abstract linework to full scenes of animals, trees and figures
• Les Dessins 2 — colored engravings of hot air balloons and thick brushstrokes with splatters on white or cream
• The Deserts — sand, wind and water in a hand-drawn style, on a ground that looks woven

Where Pierre Frey wallpaper works best

American homes give a wallcovering a lot of surface: nine and ten foot ceilings, open main floors, long runs of smooth drywall. Paint alone can leave that much wall looking unfinished. Pierre Frey wallpaper fills it with pattern that holds up at a distance and rewards a closer look.

A powder room is a good place to start. Four short walls, and the pattern registers the moment the door opens. An entryway or dining room can carry a large scene, such as a verdure mural or the garden designs of Jardin À La Française. Above paneling, a quiet texture from Natecru Textures N.4 or Sequana keeps a formal room warm without competing with the millwork. In a primary bedroom, tonal colorways usually sit better than high contrast.

Want to see a design in your own house first? Upload a photo of your wall to the Room Visualizer and try the pattern in place.

Ordering and hanging Pierre Frey wallcovering

Depending on the design, Pierre Frey is sold by the roll, by the meter or as a panel set. The product page shows which unit applies, and its calculator turns your wall size in inches into the quantity to order. For designs sold by the roll, each roll counts as one American double roll. Our page on European rolls versus American double rolls explains the sizes.

Plan for the pattern repeat. Under a higher ceiling the repeat uses more length per strip, so tall rooms call for extra material. A bold motif or a raised texture also asks for precision at the seams. For a striking pattern or a design that should read as fabric, a professional installer is worth the call.

Buy Pierre Frey wallpaper at Selected Wallpapers

Selected Wallpapers is an official Pierre Frey dealer and ships from the Netherlands to the United States. Prices for Pierre Frey in the US are on request. Send us the designs you have in mind and you receive a quote in USD with shipping, duties and taxes included, so nothing is collected at your door. Read how delivery works on our US shipping page.

Not sure which Pierre Frey wallcovering suits your room, or how a French colorway will look in your light? Email or call our team for personal advice on pattern, scale and color.