Vintage

Vintage
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Vintage

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Overview: Sanderson, established in 1860, is renowned for its collaboration with innovative designers to create fabrics and wallpapers that reflect contemporary fashion and moods. The Vintage Collection showcases nine wallpapers, nine prints, and two embroideries from Sanderson's extensive archive, highlighting 150 years of design history.
Key Designs:
  • Tree Poppy: An Art Deco style design from the 1920s Eton Rural collection, known for its modern aesthetic.
  • Primavera: A 1926 design featuring rhododendron leaves and stylized motifs, originally hand-blocked on gold foil.
  • Pagoda River: An early 1910s design influenced by Chinese and Japanese themes, retaining its original rotary block print characteristics.
  • Squirrel & Dove: Created by C.F.A. Voysey in the Arts & Crafts style, first produced as wallpaper in the 1890s.
  • Roslyn: Designed by William Turner in 1910, this enduring design was part of Sanderson's range until 1974.
  • Eglantine: A 1957 design by Parisian studio Pollet, featuring rose branches in a painterly French style.
  • Early Tulips: A 1929 Eton Rural design, redrawn with a textured effect, originally printed by rotary surface machine.
  • Weybridge: A 1970s floral linen print, popular for upholstery and curtains.
  • Swallows: A serene 1930s design depicting swallows, originally a chintzed cotton fabric.
  • Sicilian Lions: A 1956 Palladio design by Robert Nicholson, featuring stylized lions.
  • Palladio Sunflower: Created by Pat Albeck in 1960, re-created in 2010 as printed silk fabric and wallpaper.
  • Concord: A 1960s optical geometric design inspired by artists like Bridget Riley.
Historical Context: Sanderson began producing its own printed fabrics in 1919 under the Eton Rural brand. The collection reflects various design trends from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, including influences from Eastern themes and the Arts & Crafts movement.
Contact Information: Sanderson has showrooms in London, New York, France, and the Netherlands, with contact details provided for each location.
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BY APPOINTMENT TO tM QUEEN ELIZABETH II SUPPLERS OF WALLPAPERS PAINTS k FABRICS ARTHUR SANDERSON AND SONS ENGLAND

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r LONDON SHOWROOM Tel: 0844 543 4749 Email:;, [email protected] UK HEAD OFFICE UK Tel: 0844 543 9500 Email: [email protected] Export Tel: +44 (0)845 126 9900 Email: [email protected] USA HEAD OFFICE Tel: +1 800 395 8760 Email: [email protected] FRENCH SHOWROOM Tel: +331 4041 1770 Fax: +331 4041 1771 Email: [email protected] DUTCH SHOWROOM Tel: +44 1895 221 049 Email: [email protected]

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Vintage Since it was founded in 1860, Sanderson has worked with many prominent and innovative designers to produce beautiful fabrics and wallpapers that reflect the fashion and mood of the times. The nine wallpapers, nine prints and two embroideries in this collection have been carefully selected to showcase the creativity and diversity to be found in Sanderson’s celebrated archive, a unique record of 150 years of design.

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Right CURTAINS AND CUSHION Tree Poppy DVIPTR202, CHAIR Arles DARLAR309 edged in Odette DODEOD304, CUSHIONS (from front) Breton DARLBR309, Brianza DBRZBR304, (on floor) Tree Poppy DVIPTR202 and DVIPTR201 with Odette DODEOD304, WALLS French Lilac Lt. 22-20P Far Right WALLPAPER Primavera DVIWPR102 Sanderson first manufactured and sold it’s own range of printed fabrics in 1919. These were branded EToN RuRAL as at the time companies selling both fabric and wallpaper were rare. Tree Poppy, Pagoda River, Roslyn and Early Tulips were all Eton Rural designs. TREE PoPPY The 1920s Eton Rural design ‘Tree...

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PAGODA RIVER ‘Pagoda River’ is a very early design from the Eton Rural collections of the 1910s. At the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century Chinese and Japanese themes were popular as products from the East became widely available in Europe for the first time. The original fabric was rotary block printed and the characteristics of the printing technique have been retained in the new design. squirrel & dove C.F.A. Voysey, the famous English architect, textile designer and associate of William Morris, created ‘Squirrel & Dove’ in the Arts & Crafts style of the time. The pattern...

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Right CURTAINS Taormina DTAOTA330, CHAIR Roslyn DVIPRO202, CUSHIONS (from left) Brianza DBRZBR326, Josselin DMARJO204, Odette DODEOD337 trimmed in Brianza DBRZBR326, WALLs Birch White 47-9P ROSLYN William Turner, one of the most eminent designers of the 20th Century, first produced ‘Roslyn’ as a wallpaper design in 1910. It was later manufactured as a printed fabric from the 1920s. Originally known as ‘The Cleves,’ it was part of the Sanderson range until 1974, making it one of the company’s most enduring designs. This latest version has been engraved directly from the original fabric to retain...

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CURTAINS Eglantine DVIPEG201 trimmed in Lyric DLYRLY349, SOFA Lusso DLUSLU331, CUSHIONS (from left) Lyric DLYRLY349 backed in Eglantine DVIPEG201, Brianza DBRZBR304, Eglantine DVIPEG204, Eglantine DVIPEG201, Lusso DLUSLU330, Lusso DLUSLU336, WALLS Light Rose 49-3P

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EGLANTINE Designed in 1957 by the Parisian studio Pollet, ‘Eglantine’ is a charmingly romantic composition of rose branches and blossoms, illustrating a loose painterly style typical of French designs of the 1950s. It is now available as a wallpaper and printed fabric EARLY TULIPS Dating from 1929, this Eton Rural fabric design of bold tulips has been redrawn in the Sanderson studio. The original sample shows a full arrangement of colourful tulip heads painted with a highly textured effect. Originally the design was printed by rotary surface machine, a method no longer used today. It is now available...

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CHAIR Weybridge DVIPWE204 ‘Swallows,’ a serene design dating from the 1930s, exemplifies the stylised elegance associated with this era. originally a chintzed cotton fabric it shows a flight of Above slender swallows soaring through the open sky. It is now also available as a wallpaper. CURTAINS Swallows DVIPSW202, CHAIR Lusso DLUSLU303 piped in Liffey DLIFLI306, CUSHIONS (from front) Swallows DVIPSW202, Tempo DCHATE302, WALLS Birch White 47-9P

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Above Left WALLPAPER Sicilian Lions DVIWSI103 Above Right WALLPAPER Palladio Sunflower DVIWPA103 PALLADIO COLLECTIONS were a range of specially commissioned wallpapers by the leading designers of the late 50s and early 60s. They were originally hand-printed by the Wallpaper Manufacturers association and were later acquired and marketed by Sanderson. The designs were specifically aimed at architects and interior designers, hence their strong graphic feel. Sicilian lions Heralded as one of the most successful Palladio designs, ‘Sicilian Lions’ wallpaper was designed by Robert Nicholson and dates...

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The twelve original Sanderson designs which inspired the Vintage Collection. top row from left Squirrel and Dove, the original wallpaper by Voysey, printed in the 1890s; Primavera, the original hand blocked printed wallpaper from 1926; Weybridge Rose, the original fabric printed in the 1970s; second row from left The Cleves, by William Turner, printed in the 1920s; Early Tulips, the original Eton Rural fabric printed in 1929; Palladio Sunflower, the original wallpaper designed by Pat Albeck for Palladio Magnus 2 in1960; third row from left Swallows, the original fabric printed in the 1930s; Sicilian...

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