I know, I know: I just told you to like this one. Because even though it's an old (and probably discontinued) fabric, interlocking rings haven't been beaten as dead-horse dead as, say, interlocking squares. Looks fresher, at least to me. For five more minutes.
Anyway, when everyone's still doing colorful, Sino-groovy-preppy geometry on white backgrounds my inner contrarian asks "why can't kooky novelty toiles and architectural pastiche prints catch on?!?" Here's my best attempt at making them a meme ... pray on it and then tweet about it:
Gaston y Daniela colonial print from Design Diva, currently on sale for $7.50 per yard. Not the prettiest blue in the world but it's so darn cheap, could we see filling in some of those arches with primary yellow or red fabric paint? Could we acrylic-back it to hang on the walls of a powder room? We could.
Palace Walk by Beacon Hill, $28.81/yard from Discount Fabrics USA. Selling point is the giant 37" vertical repeat but its Sleeping Beauty quality is begging for a thorny hedge or two. In the form of splatter paint. Now for the spendy, trade-only options:
Cité Antique by Pierre Frey. Fauvist doodles of Ionic colimns ... possibly my fave.
Palazzo from PF's current collection. Again, how chic would this be on the walls of a small space? Like the butler's pantry of my classic six on 72nd and Neverland Avenue.
If you haven't already noticed, M. Frey (Amanda will vouch for his existence) also wants this look to catch on. Above is his Hong Kong print, available in a couple colors and in a positive/negative with the background. Meanwhile Schumacher ranks a close second in the archi-novelty department (photos via StyleBeat):
The two greatest cities in the world New York, New York (top) and Views of Paris. Sweet and cartoony but I want more color. 'Tis a bit sad because Shumacher acquired the late, great Decorators Walk and seems to have dropped their more eccentric patterns:
Including the discontinued kelly green Colonnades above. This is just a measly corner of the entire design but enough to make me think fabric houses, like record companies and movie studios, aren't taking enough risks these days.
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Add some of the pieces from the Cole & Son Fornasetti Collection to the list. Mediterranea is my wallcovering du jour...
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think of Sheila Bridges' Harlem Toile? Edgy and beautiful, no?
ReplyDeleteI agree, and I feel like sometimes those of us in the blogworld (guilty) jump on something as fab and what was once fresh and new and contemporary is now starting to seem a little formulaic? I am not calling anyone but myself out here. Maybes I need to get myself New York, New York...or better yet, find a Chicago print...wheels are spinning
ReplyDeleteAm I just a total dodo bird for thinking that people should just put up what makes them happy, bloggers be damned?! (No offense, everybody.)
ReplyDeleteMost patterns have potential, but it seems like the ones that catch on tend to be the easier ones to deal with. Isn't that a pattern in itself?
The blue in the first one is color of blueprints. That's pleasing, for an architectural pattern.
ReplyDeleteI was going to mention the New York, New York pattern, which I just found recently at a textiles place near me. They've got amazing fabrics for CHEAP!!!
ReplyDeletei always love when you can find passable textiles for practically nothing. such a fabulous post, hope you're having a great week!
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I don't know if you have discovered (In)Decorous Taste blog or not. Wildly creative up the whazzo talent. Lauren did a post on Sennelier's Tinfix fabric paints that allows you to color fabric...as in like watercoloring fabric. You be the artist and go any fab color you want!
ReplyDeleteWhy couldn't I have read this before I was burnt out on buildings. I just designed(or was coerced to make) a fabric around the words architectural and moire, which led me to do a quirky toile of Philadelphean buildings. I hope it catches, I'll be on trend.
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