Type: Designer
Florence Place Foliate – Brockschmidt & Coleman Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designers Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman from Brockschmidt & Coleman to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Brockschmidt & Coleman and what inspired them to create the colorways. The Florence Place house is no longer at its original site but at another location in Louisiana. It is … Continued
Prince Rollings Marble – Brockschmidt & Coleman Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designers Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman from Brockschmidt & Coleman to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Brockschmidt & Coleman and what inspired them to create the colorways. Versatile marble patterns of this type were utilized either alone and trimmed with a fancy border, or as backgrounds … Continued
Soane Diaper – Brockschmidt & Coleman Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designers Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman from Brockschmidt & Coleman to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Brockschmidt & Coleman and what inspired them to create the colorways. An entire wall of this diaper pattern was uncovered beneath layers of paint during the initial stages of renovating … Continued
Bamboo and Drapery – Brockschmidt & Coleman Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designers Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman from Brockschmidt & Coleman to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Brockschmidt & Coleman and what inspired them to create the colorways. Bamboo and Drapery was printed by Moses Grant Jr., a highly successful Boston manufacturer. His papers have been identified … Continued
Renaissance Strapwork – Brockschmidt & Coleman Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designers Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman from Brockschmidt & Coleman to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Brockschmidt and Coleman and what inspired them to create the colorways. Renaissance Strapwork was one of many layers of patterns found in the principal upstairs bedchamber of a Greek Revival … Continued
Adena Pin Ring – Patrick Mele Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designer Patrick Mele to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Patrick Mele and what inspired him to create the colorways. This small figured pattern was installed in the library of Thomas Worthington’s house, Adena, in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1808. The … Continued
Hermitage Maple Leaf – Patrick Mele Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designer Patrick Mele to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Patrick Mele and what inspired him to create the colorways. Wallpaper designers often strove to evoke other materials in their patterns. In this example the use of thin tone-on-tone diagonal lines was … Continued
Ribbon Sprig – Patrick Mele Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designer Patrick Mele to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Patrick Mele and what inspired him to create the colorways. Ribbon Sprig was discovered in Concord, Massachusetts and may have originated in Boston, but it is of sufficiently high quality … Continued
Boston Floral Stripe – Patrick Mele Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designer Patrick Mele to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Patrick Mele and what inspired him to create the colorways. Found lining an early box from New Hampshire, this pattern was printed with a very small block measuring approximately 10″ … Continued
Diana – Patrick Mele Colorway
Adelphi Paper Hangings asked designer Patrick Mele to create custom colorways for five historical wallpapers. Read more about Patrick Mele and what inspired him to create the colorways. Examples of this pattern have been discovered in Acton and Plymouth, Massachusetts, Suffield, Connecticut as well the House of the … Continued