Neue Dekorationsmalereien : im modernen Stil : 60 Tafeln farbige Originalentw眉rfe - Josef Lehner - c.1905-1907 - via Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliogr谩fico
When a black-and-white print is as strong as the cotton fabric used on these chairs, little other pattern is needed to make a room snap together. The overall effect is clean, crisp, and dramatic.
I wondered if perhaps Lestat's nice art nouveau wallpaper was a reproduction of a historical design, but it seems it's a modern one - "Nouveau Damask Wallpaper" by Antonina Vella.
Ah well. Still lovely!
From what I've seen, the actual historical ones usually have many more colours than just 2. But they did have wallpapers with shiny metallics!
I should go back and look at his other wallpapers and see if any of them are on my historical pattern pinterest boards. Art nouveau wallpapers & furnishing fabrics are one of my favourite things in all of surface design history.
Rebecca Ferguson at the Met Gala 2024, wearing custom Thom Browne.
'Gathered cape in black silk moir茅 with blue moir茅 lining and black raven appliqu茅s, over a rep stripe high neck dress embroidered with black and white sequins, raffia, lurex, and sequin black ravens and 60,000 blue and green Swarovski crystal florets, with heelless platform saddle boots in black nubuck leather.'
Typical French esprit permeates the living room, whose walls and floors are jovial with pattern. Two-hundred-year-old ceiling timbers, hearth and wood paneling are complemented by two eighteenth-century love seats. One armchair wears a loose-fitting white slipcover, customary dress for summer in France.