Sanderson Sixty One Wallpapers

Sanderson wallpaper drawn from the 1961 archive

Sixty One is Sanderson wallpaper pulled from the company's own archive, and the name points straight at 1961. Color, geometry and expression were running through fashion, art and interior design in those years, and the original drawings from that period have been reworked into contemporary paper with a strong presence on the wall. The patterns keep their period character without turning a room into a stage set.

Graphic prints and retro color in the Sixty One range

The designs come out of the swinging sixties, so shapes stay simple and color does most of the talking. Repeats read clearly from across a room rather than dissolving into texture, which is what makes them useful on a large flat wall. If that is the direction you are heading, it sits close to our wider retro wallpaper and geometric wallpaper selections, and to the warmer end of our orange and yellow wallpaper.

Rooms that suit a Sixty One pattern

A repeat this graphic earns its place in a hallway, a home office or the end wall of a dining room, where you see the whole thing at a distance. On a wall wider than about 12 feet (3.7 m), a large repeat stops feeling busy and starts organizing the space. In a bedroom it does more behind the headboard than on all four walls. A stairwell holds one of these patterns well too, provided the repeat is not fighting the diagonal of the treads. Small, even repeats are worth considering on a ceiling as well.

Pairing Sixty One prints with wood and textiles

Warm wood and vintage lighting are the obvious partners, along with the retro pieces most people already have. It also holds up in a plain modern room, where one papered wall gives the space a focal point it was missing. For textiles, take a single color out of the paper and echo it in a cushion instead of matching the pattern outright. Our luxury geometric cushions make that simple.

Ordering Sanderson wallpaper for a US address

Order a sample before you commit. A printed sheet taped to the wall for a day tells you far more about how a color behaves under your own light than any screen will. Fix it at eye level, roughly 5 feet (1.5 m) up, and look at it once in the morning and again after dark. When you are ready to compare, the full Sanderson range is worth walking through, along with Arboretum, Country Woodland and Elysian. Every order ships from the Netherlands with duties and taxes settled up front.