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Liberty Fabrics

pixadmin — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:33:04 +0000

Liberty is our oldest collection with Arthur Liberty opening in London’s Regent Street in 1875. He traded exotic goods and textiles from the ‘Far East’ and worked with artisans and manufacturers to make his own textiles and objects d’art. By the 1890’s Liberty Art Fabrics were at the forefront of avant-garde design.

The Futur Liberty collection fascinates us, an exploration of Liberty’s extensive archive and inspired by the Futurism and Vorticism movements. The result is a collection of intense and optimistic designs. On the chaise is shadow stripe weave in jade, this is a design that looks good in many a space and the scale and texture is perfect.

Floating Palace is a wallpaper from the Botanical Atlas collection: romantic, rich and sophisticated it is printed on a foilised paper but also is available in a velvet, and in two other paper colourways. View this wallpaper collection here on Liberty Fabric’s page

What more do you want than a pavilion made of fabric with a huge bunch of flowers starring ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ in the middle. From the new Botanical Atlas fabric collection these lovely images speak for themselves. Visit Botanical Atlas fabric collection here.

Silk Tree is Liberty Fabrics’ joyful and contemporary re-interpretation of a Chinoiserie design. A canopy of trees and bamboo branches shoot upwards, elongating your room, and are decorated with birds, butterflies, Persian silk tree flowers, Chinese physalis, amaryllis, and peonies. Printed either on 100% linen or a wallpaper in several charming colour-ways.

Vertigo Weave is dynamic with good texture and a ton of energy. Pictured here is Vesuvio which is one of the ‘great reds’, and there are 2 other colours, Piccadilly, and Sahara.

Evanescent is fabulously bold, colourful and playful, yet it is sophisticated taking its lead from Futurist paintings. A printed linen it comes in two scales.

A graceful geometric that references Japanese Obi belt design.

Obi Check is a subtle textured weave.

And it comes in glorious colour-ways

Liberty Interior fabrics do a charming peachy rust and it tones so well with navys.

Indoor-Outdoor 'Persian Voyage in palm green.

From the verdant Jade Collection for indoors & outdoors

'Palazzo', a curvaceous geometric jacquard.

On the top "Ottoman Spot".

Persian Voyage and Palampore Trail in Jade.

On the very pretty armchair is “Botanical Flora”. Printed on a cotton velvet with 7% modal to add a flowing hand. This design celebrates the historic tradition of botanical illustration.

"Botanical Stripe" wallpaper draws from the craft of flower pressing and is printed using a fine mesh gravure technique. Matte and metallic pigments are layered upon the paper creating a luminescence reminiscent of Victorian cyanotypes

A gentle colour palette from the “Tree of Life” collection.

Liberty sets the tone with these mood boards

Liberty is our oldest collection with Arthur Liberty opening in London’s Regent Street in 1875. He traded exotic goods and textiles from the ‘Far East’ and worked with artisans and manufacturers to make his own textiles and objects d’art. By the 1890’s Liberty Art Fabrics were at the forefront of avant-garde design.

Liberty Interiors’ “Floribunda” collection celebrates botanical and floral design on fabrics and wallpapers. Colours and plants entwine on their swatch boards.

Persian Voyage and Palampore Trail in Jade.

'Persian Voyage in palm green.

'Palazzo', a curvaceous geometric jacquard.

From the verdant Jade Collection for indoors & outdoors

Small-scale floral design is iconic Liberty, “Poppy Meadowfield” in a crisp compelling yellow is a single colour version. Coordinate the fabric and wallpaper for the full effect.

A gentle colour palette from the “Tree of Life” collection.

"Ottoman Spot" in Pewter.

"Palampore Trail" in Lichen on linen

"Paisley Fern" wallpaper in Pewter.

"Whiltshire Blossom" is re-crafted from their 1930's "Forest & Berry" and is printed with both flat colour plus a raised reticulated pigment.

Ianthe Bloom – stencilled.

Ianthe Flower was created by a French Art Nouveau designer, R.Beauclair,
in approximately 1900. This design was redrawn by David Haward’s Studio, who use it to create everything
from curtains to throw cushions, or as an upholstery fabric.

This collection, for interiors, combines detailed patterns and vivid colour in signature Liberty Style. The result is beautiful and the quality extraordinary; we would expect nothing less of Liberty.

Shand Voyage on the sofa and Lady Kristina on the cushion

Lady Kristina in Rose Lacquer

The tiny florals of Marquess Garden come in linens, velvets and chintz.

Liberty sets the tone with these mood boards

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Timorous Beasties

pixadmin — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:52:10 +0000

Timorous Beasties is at the forefront of influential textile design, creating spectacular statements that are experimental, beautiful and rebellious. Timorous Beasties’ work embodies a unique diversity of pattern, ranging from design that echoes the golden age of copperplate engraving to those of a distinctly edgy nature that display chic irreverence. The studio fully engages in a discourse with textile design history by lending an aesthetic evolution to time-honoured motifs.

Timorous Beasties was founded in 1990 by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons, who met whilst studying at the Glasgow School of Art. With an implicit sense of irony they love to invert the world of interiors. Shell and Crab above is a wonderful example, whimsical yet exquisitely opulent.

Painterly Matzu Tree comes in a compelling and gentle colour palette. Available in linen or wallpaper it is like an Asian forest

Timorous Beasties re-scale and re-juvenate botanical engravings. Epic Botanic is bold with dramatic florals. these luxurious opulent florals create a rythmical pattern. There are three rich colourways.

Honey Bee Velvet Fabric

Bees are an iconic motif for Timorous Beasties, the humble honey bee is the latest addition, following the more imperious Napoleon Bee design. Here on a gold velvet the various bees can be found on fabrics and wallpapers.

Absolutely fascinating, Winchester wallpaper comes in eleven different panel designs that can be selected and arranged as preferred. Originally designed for an 18 metre long wall in Winchester it was influenced hand-painted wallpapers found in wealthy British homes

These ethereal and graceful jelly fish are printed on a radiant blue velvet and a stunning foilised paper that has a little twinkle.

Hodge Splodge is vibrant with tremendous movement and is printed upon cork. It comes in four pretty colourways.

We’ve been wondering where Timorous Beasties interest in Asian design comes from, and it is because of the huge influence ‘Oriental’ design had upon British interiors and design in the past.

Shuiping De Pillement Velvet Fabric

This spritely classic Timorous Beasties’ silhouette is hand screen printed and comes in several velvet colour-ways and as superwide wallpaper

Disappearing Damask wallpaper panels

Disappearing Damask fades away, starting with intense colour a gradual ombre lifts ones eyes upward. Perfect for an eclectic interior, Disappearing Damask will add a rich layer to a modern space or it pairs beautifully with antiques and period pieces.

Golden Oriole

This is a glorious sumptuous handprinted design, with a strong Asian influence. Golden Orioles sit at the centre of an intricate repeat pattern. Branches that spread across the wallpaper are covered with leaves and blooms picked out in gold. The hand-printed design comes in lovely colours on velvets and wallpapers.

‘Fresco Old Gold’ vinyl wallpaper

‘Golden Oriole’ wallpaper panels

Honey Bee Velvet Fabric

‘Pinyin Tree’ in Velvet

The much loved ‘Indie Wood’ here on wallpaper

Timorous Beasties explore how pattern design impacts upon our daily experience, where plants, animals, and society are visually inseparable.

‘Totem Damask’ wallpaper

Chinoiserie Scenic is designed to add an upbeat flavour, a little humour. A monochromatic toile it comes in 10m rolls and in 5 colourways

The stunning ‘Kaleido Block Superwide’ wallpaper comes as full-length panels.

‘Paper Damask’ Superwide Panel wallpaper

All design work takes place at their Glasgow Studio, where they continue to hand-print many of their fabrics and wallpapers. The advent of digital printing on wallpaper, linens and velvets has revolutionised Timorous Beasties’ design offer.

Rorschach Superwide wallpaper

Timorous Beasties is at the forefront of influential textile design, creating spectacular statements that are experimental, beautiful and rebellious. Timorous Beasties’ work embodies a unique diversity of pattern, ranging from design that echoes the golden age of copperplate engraving to those of a distinctly edgy nature that display chic irreverence. The studio fully engages in a discourse with textile design history by lending an aesthetic evolution to time-honoured motifs.

Founded in 1990 by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons, who met whilst studying at the Glasgow School of Art. Timorous Beasties’ implicit sense of irony loves to invert the whimsical world of interiors.

These ethereal and graceful jelly fish are printed on a radiant blue velvet and a stunning foilised paper that has a little twinkle.

Hodge Splodge is vibrant with tremendous movement and is printed upon cork. It comes in four pretty colourways.

We’ve been wondering where Timorous Beasties interest in Asian design comes from, and it is because of the huge influence ‘Oriental’ design had upon British interiors and design in the past.

Timorous Beasties explore how pattern design impacts upon our daily experience, where plants, animals, and society are visually inseparable.

Splatters, splodges, marbling and intense pattern-work result in challenging yet beautiful design that impacts the interiors of buildings around the world.

‘Topical Tropical’ wallpaper

‘Tropical Cloud Leopard’ floats upon his bed of leaves.

‘Fresco Old Gold’ vinyl wallpaper

‘Golden Oriole’ wallpaper panels

The ‘Graffiti’ design comes in several iterations on fabric and wallpaper

‘Zig Zag Moth’

The stunning ‘Kaleido Block Superwide’ wallpaper comes as full-length panels

Timorous Beasties’ iconic ‘Napoleon Bee’ design is hand-printed on fabric, wallpaper and cushions

‘Merian Palm’ superwide wallpaper

‘Paper Damask’ Superwide Panel wallpaper

‘Butterflies’ on linen

‘Stormblotch’ Superwide wallpaper

Superwide ‘Thistle’ wallpaper

‘Ex Libris’ on Velvet

Rorschach Superwide wallpaper

Winchester wallpaper comes in eleven different panel designs that can be selected and arranged as preferred. Visit timorousbeasties.com to see all their unparalleled designs.

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