We have just received a new Wallpaper Collection of 35 historic designs - ranging from William Morris to mid and late Victorian and early Edwardian designs. All based on floral or natural designs, these wallpapers are bound to please.
From soft tone-on-tone patterns, to bold, colourful and modern-looking designs, these wallpapers offer great choice and are historically accurate as well.
Please click on the design name to see the full choices on the design page.
'Aurora' is an 1870's design of birds and blossoms from an historic site in Oregon.
'Aberdeen Ferns' now offers two new lighter colourways in yellow and pale blue, in addition to the original 1890 document colourway in olives and gold.
'Larkspur' is a tone-on-tone William Morris design from 1872, presenting a soft tangle of leaves and flowers.
'Bird & Anemone', a design from 1882,has a new colourway in green and a soft gold-cream, which would make a great paper in an Arts & Crafts home.
'Arboretum' is a wonderful 1897 design of trees from England, and printed in two document colourways as well as two more graphic choices.
'Wild Tulip' by William Morris in 1884 has had a new green colourway added to this popular design.
'Mandalay' is a large-scale design from about 1904, overlaid with a net of fine lines that simulate tapestry, a popular style of wallpaper in the early years of the twentieth century.
'Lily & Poppy' is a light, fresh English design c1902, and uses touches of gilt to add drama and detail to the pattern.
August 19, 2008
A New fabric and four more Wallpapers!
We have added five new colourways of the delightful "Peacock Feathers" wallpaper in our Traditional Home section. From Ivory to Black backgrounds, the gilded feathers evoke the spirit of the 1890's.
A new fabric, called "Marifield" evokes the Arts & Crafts spirit in its naturalistic design. Made of 100% linen, this well-priced fabric is suitable for draperies or light upholstery. "Marifield" comes in three colourways.
We are very pleased to introduce to Historic Style a selection of handsome period wallpapers.
Taken from Museum collections in both the United States and France, the designs cover the years from around 1795 through to 1870.
They vary in pattern and colour - some having as many as 18 colours in the designs - and for earlier homes, are accurate for sympathetic decoration.
All are hand screened, but some are pre-trimmed and shrinkwrapped into standard rolls. Others are untrimmed and will require a skilled professional installer - but the results will be worth it.
Enjoy the new choices of historic designs for your home!
May 7, 2008
New Wallpapers and fabrics!
Twelve new wallpapers and eight new fabrics are now available.
Some are new offerings, and some are matching fabrics to existing wallpapers.
Two new upholstery fabrics include 'Field Poppy Brocade' - a rich, heavy upholstery fabric with the look of embroidery - and 'Fulham Tapestry', which is an Arts & Crafts chenille fabric that is soft to the touch.
Two new printed fabrics match existing popular wallpapers. 'Springtime' is a wonderful design from the 1920's of tulips, poppies, iris, bluebells and daffodils in a cheerful over-all pattern.
The 'Hummingbirds' cotton fabric is a design from the late 1700's featuring an array of small birds in a light lattice of leaves and twigs. 'Hummingbirds' comes in two colourways - on a light green background or on a warm off-white.
'Peacock Feathers Wallpaper' is a sensuous design from the 1880's, and was found in a Scottish country house.
'Federal Damask' wallpaper is a classic tone-on-tone design, usable for Federal or Colonial Revival homes. It comes in four soft colourways and one richer colourway of gilt on deep red.
We have added new colourways for two of our fabrics: Celtic Knot from the 1890's has a new soft green colourway, and a soft gold and navy colourway has been added for Voysey's Birds. Both are handsome upholstery fabrics.
We are also introducing six new colourways of 'Medway'. This design, taken from the background of William Morris' 'Garden Tulip' is favourite for small-scale spaces requiring an attractive natural pattern. With the new additions, we now offer thirteen colourways of this pattern, one of which is sure to please.
Samples are always available to order for a modest cost. Postage is included on sample orders.
In time for Spring, we are introducing coordinating wallpapers and fabrics. "Rowan Tree Wallpaper" and "Rowan Tree Weave" are based on a delightful 1901 English design by Arthur Wilcock. Often mistaken as a design by C.F.A. Voysey, with its matched birds and sweeping Art Nouveau curves, this design was originally a one colour pattern. Now recoloured as a multi-coloured wallpaper, and also made into a fine weave with a shimmer in the threads, the design has been beautifully revived.
We are also introducing "Crawford", a c1900 wallpaper from a Scottish house. This softly coloured design of roses, tulips, grape hyacinth provides a gentle background to almost any room.
We are also introducing a new colourway of "Crown Imperial" an English design of 1910.
Our customers have recently been asking which wallpapers are Eco-friendly, so we have provided this information on our new "Eco Product Information" page.
For wallpapers that are eco-friendly, we have provided the following information:
Paper source, paper content, chemical content, and the source of the pigments and fillers used in the process of manufacturing our wallpapers.
Other wallpapers that we sell may also be up to these high standards, and as we identify them, they too will be identified with our new "Eco-Wallpaper" logo.
We have added four beautiful new upholstery fabrics for Fall decorating projects.
"Luxembourg Weave" is a luxurious naturalistic weave that features tulips and twining leaves. The surface of the weave almost looks like finely detailed embroidery, and has a slight sheen to the threads.
The other two fabrics are additional new colourways of existing popular fabrics.
"Thistle Field" is a handsome chenille fabric. It is soft and heavy, and can be used both for upholstery and heavy draperies. The new colourway is in shades of green, with golds and brick in the design.
"Celtic Knot" also has a new colourway in greens and bricks. This woven fabric is a c1890's design and can be used for upholstery projects.
Sometimes referred to as "the jewelry of the house", correct hardware is the finishing touch to any heritage restoration project.
An occasional key piece of hardware might be missing or broken, other times several new hardware items are required to make a new kitchen blend in with the rest of the old house. How to find them?
We have selected a variety of period-suitable hardware items - ranging from hinges to bin-pulls, and from sash lifts to an unusual dog-leash holder - all suitable for heritage houses. They are all replica items, either cast from historic originals, or made to match historic originals.
So if you need one piece of matching hardware, or enough bin-pulls for an entire new kitchen, please look at our hardware section.
May 14, 2007
A new fabric from the 1880's!
A new wallpaper from 1910!
New additions to our historic wallpapers and fabrics for Spring 2007. "Peacock Weave" fabric is an adaptation of Arthur Silver's "Peacock Feathers" design of 1887. This fabric is a visually rich upholstery fabric, and is 'railroaded' (the design is woven sideways across the fabric so that upholstery on a couch for example can be done without seams). "Peacock Weave" comes in two colourways: rich Reds and Golds; and Browns, Green-greys and Blacks.
"Crown Imperial" wallpaper is a design from 1910, when it was originally printed by the English firm Jeffrey & Co. Depicting a lush tangle of roses and Crown Imperial lilies, the design hints at Art Nouveau in its curling stems. This wallpaper comes in three colourways.
April 20, 2007
Historic Style launches Four new websites!
We at Historic Style regularly
answer many questions on both emails and phone
calls about a huge variety of Old House topics.
We have decided to launch our four new websites
to provide our Customers and readers with even more
information to use when planning projects in their
own Old Houses.
More articles will be added in the months ahead.
Learning about old houses, their design and history
is a fascinating area of study, and new information
is always available. We invite you to browse through
the websites and read the articles.
The website topics are: Old House Colors
Old House History
Old House Living
Classic Bungalows
Any successful business listens
to its customers. We are fortunate to have wonderful
customers - many of them repeat (or several times
repeat) customers - who let us know what they are
thinking, and what their projects look like.
We
have collected many responses from appreciative
customers that have sent emails to us since 1999.
We decided to present those messages [edited for
privacy reasons] on our new "Customer Feedback" page,
to give you an idea of the breadth of purchases
and projects that our customers are involved in.
Cushions add comfort and colour to any room! Whether
they match the fabric, or add a distinctive focal
point, cushions add softness and style to your
interior decoration.
Historic Style has chosen a distinctive
selection of cushions appropriate for traditional
homes. Some are cotton, some are tapestry. Some
are by William Morris, and others date from the
1920's and later.
We have added some designs and reorganized our
cushion sections for easier selections of style
and colours.
February 6, 2007
New Wallpapers in Traditional Home section!
We have added 17 new wallpapers and three fabrics in four designs - ready for Spring decorating.
They range from "Urn & Coral" - a Neoclassical design c1800, to "Ashnola" an Aesthetic-style influenced design suitable for interiors from 1880-1900.
We also have added an adaptation of a William Morris design of 1875 called "Acanthus Scroll" and a new colourway of an Arts & Crafts landscape border called "Monashee Border", which would work well in the interior of a Bungalow other Arts & Crafts style rooms. Enjoy the new designs.
Aberdeen Ferns
