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Anna French, producer of fine wallcoverings and fabrics in the UK, recently launched Wild Flora, a new collection which reinvents traditional patterns by printing them on foil and non-woven papers.  These modernized classics inject a fresh perspective into interiors centered around bold colors and metallic embellishments, while retaining a sense of reverence for vintage motifs.

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The Arts and Crafts Home wesbite provides an excellent source for hard-to-find period reproduction wallpapers. Designs by Morris, Voysey, Dresser, and patterns evoking arts and crafts, art nouveau, and Victorian eras are available from this British company.  “Most of the great designers - A.W.N.Pugin, C.F.A.Voysey, C.R. Mackintosh, Archibald Knox, William Morris and Liberty […]

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Farrow & Ball, makers of fine wallcoverings and paints, introduces a new block-printed collection “The Rosslyn Papers.”  The British company derived this elegant botanical pattern from a nineteenth-century English cotton print, interpreting a classical design in a fresh and graphic manner.
The Rosslyn Papers are available now in 48 different colorways, priced $220 per 10m roll. […]

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British wallcoverings and paint company Farrow & Ball has introduced a water based and environmentally friendly alternative to their popular Oil Eggshell: “Estate Eggshell.” The 20% sheen finish is extremely durable and ideal for all interior woodwork and also suitable for radiators.  This paint is a low-VOC alternative to paint, and ideal for use on […]

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Farrow & Ball has created 26 new colourways in the popular damask wallpaper collection, The Silvergate Papers.
Available now online and via Farrow & Ball showrooms and stockists nationwide, the new papers feature a selection of new colours from the 2008 Farrow & Ball colour card, which add a fresh and contemporary edge to the classic […]

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The English Roses collection by Londoner Kevin Dean evokes the fleeting beauty of Old English Roses, historic gardens and country estates.  Painted with watercolour, his imagery is subtle and spontaneous. The collection is available both as hand-painted panels and printed on to a selection of beautiful, tactile papers and paper-backed vinyls.
Kevin Dean showed at ICFF, […]

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The recent annual British Coatings Federation Conference, held this year at Billesley Manor, near Stratford-upon-Avon, attracted a capacity audience with a packed agenda that included speakers from both within and beyond the industry, from academia, from government, from the environmental lobby and even from the coatings market in Russia.
BCF CEO, Moira McMillan, commented, “We were […]

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Britain’s premiere paint and wallcovering retailer launches a new book, Available Now:
‘Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color’
by Brian D.Coleman
Photographs by Edward Addeo
In Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color, Brian Coleman hosts a fascinating tour of cottages, castles, lofts, and beyond. Visually stunning interiors and inspiring color schemes reveal how to build cohesive, stylish […]

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Europe’s leading manufacturer of premium wallpaper and paint announces the opening in March 2008 of their first retail store in Manhattan. Located in a landmark building at 112 Mercer Street, it will showcase their entire collection of wallpapers and paint.
For the first time in NYC, retail customers will be able to view, sample and order […]

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The latest industry statistics, compiled by Whittle Industry Data, and presented at the British Coatings Federation Wallcovering Sector Council meeting at Graham & Brown’s India Mill facility, show wallcoverings continuing to thrive as 2007 draws to a close, with the fourth quarterly market increase in a row.The total UK market for wallcoverings is up 15% […]

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