V&A Decorative Papers wallpaper collection 1838 wallcoverings

V&A Decorative Papers wallpaper by 1838 wallcoverings

With V&A Decorative Papers wallpaper you bring hand-drawn nature to your wall: parrots among fruit trees, cranes beneath blossom, coral beside peonies. The collection by 1838 wallcoverings plays with the colour of the ground. One pattern rests on pink, another on mottled salmon pink, a third on deep black. The scale varies too. There are repeating patterns that fill an entire room and panoramas that run across the wall as one large scene. What binds everything together is the hand of the artist, visible in every leaf and every feather.

Patterns in the V&A Decorative Papers wallpaper collection

Macaw wallpaper features green parrots with long tails among trees full of yellow fruits and bamboo-like foliage, on a pink ground. Kyoto Blossom wallpaper is a panorama in a Japanese visual idiom: white cranes with red crowns, twisted pines and white blossom branches above wavy lines. Kilburn's Coral wallpaper sets coral in white, pink and orange among peonies, snowdrops and blue ferns on a black ground. If you love flowers, choose between the rose branches of Floribunda wallpaper, the fan-shaped motifs of Floral Fanfare wallpaper and the large peonies of Paeonia wallpaper, built up in layers of colour. Mandarin Garden wallpaper shows a Chinese garden scene with stylised trees and tropical flowers, Eden wallpaper a continuous pattern of stylised leaves and flowers in the spirit of Arts and Crafts. Peacock Topiary wallpaper completes the range.

Colour and interior design with 1838 wallcoverings wallpaper

The images show how well the patterns work with colour. Macaw hangs above a green skirting board, with yellow-green velvet chairs and a pink rug beside it. Kyoto Blossom fills an arched alcove behind a white bath, beneath a brass lamp. Kilburn's Coral gets a sage-green mantelpiece with brass accents. Carry a colour from the pattern through into your woodwork or textiles, and the V&A Decorative Papers by 1838 wallcoverings become the focal point of the room.