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Monroe – Night Flower
P R ES S A N N OU N CE M ENT
Little Greene launches Archive Trails II, a beguiling compendium
of archive floral wallpapers
Little Greene continues its quest for authentic archive wallpaper designs, adapting their patterns and colour palettes
to suit 21st century living. Its latest range, Archive Trails II, will be launched at Paris Déco-Off in January 2018.
Much like its highly successful predecessor, Archive Trails, this sequel collection comprises patterns drawn from
a range of archive material, including precious remnants discovered and conserved by English Heritage and
Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery. Exhumed and reimagined by a talented team of artists and historians, working
closely with the Little Greene Studio, the designs have been judiciously re-coloured and their scale subtly adjusted
to fit effortlessly into the 21st century interior.
Spanning a period from the early-18th to mid-20th centuries, the eight designs in Archive Trails II represent a
spectrum of printing methods throughout that time, united by themes of freely-flowing flora and occasional fauna.
As is customary with Little Greene’s wallpapers, each design has prescribed its own print techniques, including
tactile surface print and shimmering mica grounds, to achieve a timeless surface finish of the highest quality.
All images ©Little Greene 2018
For press information, images, samples and colour cards please contact Angela Fawcett PR Tel: 01476 568 935 Mobile: 07801 257 081 email: angela@angelafawcettpr.com
Asterid (c.1964)
Unlike most of the source material for Little Greene wallpapers, this design is not drawn from a conventional
pattern but rather is a reinterpretation of a fine illustrative painting from the mid-20th century. It represents the
high-society trend for hand-painted murals, which were the precursor to commercial wallpapers. The fine detail of
the original painting, combined with an ability to print this as a three-panel design, provides a cleverly repeating
floral trail with the sensibility and touch of a fine artist. Available in four colourways.
Brooke House (c.1922)
Found by English Heritage at Brooke House in Hackney, the document from which this pattern was drawn is
identified as 1920s in origin, notably because of the way it had been printed: a ‘gravure’ technique, which only
became commercially viable after the turn of the last century. In fact, the design is likely to have been copied from
a much earlier paper and the five colourways have been made using the rather more painterly, textural surface-
print technique which is more typical of the older, original wallpaper.
Crowe Hall Lane (c.1898)
A large-scale, late-19th century wallpaper with a bold pattern of exotic birds and flowers. The paper had been
used in a curving stairwell in Crowe Hall, a Suffolk manor house where the vertical nature of the trailing pattern
emphasised the height of the room. It is likely to have been hung around the turn of the century and was recovered
during extensive conservation work to the house much later. This design is an existing and much-admired part of
the Little Greene portfolio; it is available in three new colourways as well as four existing ones.
Loriini (c.1935)
A surface-printed design featuring exotic Lory birds and oriental blossom, which has been inspired by a charismatic
20th century piece held by the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester. The exotic subject matter and almost
symmetrical repeat are typical of 1930s designs and reflect the aspirations of travel to distant lands and a show
of wealth to visitors to the house. Although recoloured for today’s home, the selected colourways bear testament
to the use of bright colours, commonplace in the 1930s, and the Lory may have been chosen as a subject on these
grounds alone! Available in five colourways.
Monroe (c.1867)
The second paper in this collection taken from Brooke House in Hackney, East London. For a long period, Brooke
House was home to a private hospital and this design takes its name from one of its significant 19th century
owners: a Dr John Monroe. The pattern is recreated from a relatively small remnant found by English Heritage
before the house was pulled down in the 1950s. It is undoubtedly inspired by the Art & Crafts Movement and its
familiarity would have been used to help hospital patients feel comfortable and aid their recovery. Available in five
colourways.
Woodblock Mono (c.1735)
Created through the simplification and reduction of the larger ‘Woodblock Trail’ paper and represents the trend
throughout the ages for varying the scales of designs to create different visual effects. Rather more delicate, and
infinitely usable in a smaller space, this monochrome version is available in five colourways.
Woodblock Trail (c.1735)
An early block print design, the original paper once adorned the walls of a ground floor room, most probably
a dining room, in a historic house in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Its simple graphic elements are typical of a design that
would have been cut from wood and applied by hand with the assistance of a suspended block press. Although
the application of several print colours required the dedication and accuracy of a master craftsman, wallpaper
as decoration at this time was the preserve of the privileged few and, as such, expensive statement designs were
in higher demand than cheaper alternatives. Available in four colourways.
All images ©Little Greene 2018
For press information, images, samples and colour cards please contact Angela Fawcett PR Tel: 01476 568 935 Mobile: 07801 257 081 email: angela@angelafawcettpr.com
Wrest Trail (c.1848)
Derived from an interesting piece in the English Heritage Archive, this design is particularly noteworthy for the style
of drawing used to create the all-over trail effect. A structured, wandering stem is adorned by rather relaxed, almost
sketch-like interpretations of leaves and fruit. At a glance, it is more mid-20th century in style than its actual origin
of a hundred years earlier. Available in five colourways.
David Mottershead, MD of Little Greene enthuses: “From watching fragments of fragile, antique wallpapers come
to life from the archives, journeying through the hands of the artist and, after an intricate process of research and
re-colouring, to see them rolling off the printing press is akin to alchemy. Our team of experts works in that very
special place between trend and tradition to create rejuvenated, re-energised wallpapers – designed with today’s
interiors in mind but with one foot still proudly rooted in heritage and tradition.”
Whilst retaining their historical references, and maintaining the beautiful surface quality of traditionally printed
wallpapers, each of the designs of ‘Archive Trails II’ has been recreated in a selection of timeless colourways – and
complementary paint colours are suggested alongside the papers in the pattern book and shown in the stunning
lifestyle photography.
‘Archive Trails II’ will be available nationally and internationally through Little Greene’s network of distributors, as
well as via mail and phone order and online at www.littlegreene.com
Note to Editors:
In the early 19th century, machine printing of wallpapers revolutionised the aesthetic of the home and brought forth
walls adorned with painterly birds, ornate flowers, regimented trellises and contemporary geometrics. Still very
much a statement of wealth and status, wallpapers invited the outdoors in and were found in the grandest of homes
until they were eventually covered up under layers of subsequent trends and paint – to be left, like treasure, waiting
to be discovered.
Crowe Hall Lane Loriini Woodblock Trail
Archive document © English Heritage Archive document © Whitworth Art Gallery Archive document © English Heritage
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1. Asterid – Lantern 2. Asterid – Lantern
3. Asterid – Nightshade 4. Asterid – Nightshade
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5. Loriini – Jasper 6. Loriini – Jasper
7. Loriini – Dorian 8. Loriini – Dorian
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9. Wrest Trail – Pink Plaster 10. Wrest Trail – Pink Plaster
11. Wrest Trail – Lead 12. Wrest Trail – Lead
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13. Woodblock Trail – Union 14. Woodblock Trail – Union
15. Woodblock Mono – Knightsbridge 16. Woodblock Mono – Knightsbridge
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17. Crowe Hall Lane – Gilt 18. Crowe Hall Lane – Gilt
19. Monroe – Night Flower 20. Monroe – Night Flower
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21. Brooke House – Cinder
22. Brooke House – Cinder 23. Brooke House – Cinder
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