Drawn from documents in the archive, principally from 1930s, Delphine captures the heady essence of summer days and the frosty beauty of autumn mornings, the tranquillity and elegance of the herbaceous border and the endless allure of the English cottage garden. The fabric collection is strong, confident and highly useable, not just for curtains and accessories but for upholstery as well. It represents an eclectic fusion of prints with damasks and crewelwork-inspired embroideries. Fabrics include: Adele, Beatrice, Camille, Constance, Delphinia, Giselle, Lauren, Louisa, Ophelia, Sylvia.
The non-woven wallpapers encompass both bold statement papers and smaller designs to be used on all four walls, making a return to more accessibly scaled motifs, which can be used more extensively without being overpowering. Wallpapers include: Adele, Beatrice, Camille, Giselle, Iona, Lauren, Ophelia
Prices: FABRIC: $105 to $173/metre and WALLPAPER: $98 to $113/roll
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Clarissa Hulse is a bright star in the British textile world, uncompromising in her passion to deliver the ultimate combination of colour, print and texture. Her name has become synonymous with beautiful and luxurious home accessories, wallpapers and fabrics. Clarissa has teamed up with Harlequin to produce KALLIANTHI, a breathtaking collection of fabrics and wallpapers with a botanical theme, which encompasses her trademark style and distinctive handwriting.
Prices: FABRIC from $75-$195/metre WALLPAPER from $98-$158/roll
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EXPOSURE offers a striking new collection of very contemporary fabric designs! The eclectic nature of Carlucci di Chivasso’s newest release includes extreme and bizzare designs like skulls (see Dr D below), backing up with timeless animal prints, velvets & plaids. POA.
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The Bloomsbury Canvas Prints and Embroideries are inspired by the hugely creative output of the artists, poets and designers of the 1930s, especially those associated with the Bloomsbury Group and the Omega Workshops. The charm of the collection reflects the eclectic nature of influences ranging from Post Impressionist paintings and textiles, to the interior decoration in houses such as Charleston Farmhouse, the beautifully preserved home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, both of whom were key personalities within the Bloomsbury Group. Sanderson also offer the Bloomsbury Canvas Wallpaper collection to complement wallpaper designs to complete a beautiful modern interior with a touch of whimsy & history.
Designs include Angelica, Cut Flowers, Fitzroy, Layla, Lytton, Omega Cats, Ottoline, Pamona, Still, Life, Vanessa, Vita
Price: From $80/metre (+10%gst)
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IMAN HOME combines the essence of chic with exotic elements, cultural richness and a modern approach to traditional style. The rich colors, the distinctive embroideries and textures of the jacquard woven fabrics will enliven any interior. David Bowie’s model wife ‘Iman’ has collaborated with Unique Fabrics to create this ‘unique’ collection.
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(the IMAN HOME collection will appear in our online shop soon)
MEISSEN/Ink
CERAMICA is a new collection from Unique Fabrics offering a fresh take on the much loved classic ‘Blue & White’ theme. On offer is a selection of co-ordinating florals, paisleys, stripes & checks, in colours of delft blue, ink blue and clay, with designs taken from Chinese Qing Ceramic patterns. These cotton/linen blend designs would freshen up any interior with an ever popular and easy to live with Blue & White scheme. There are 8 designs within the Ceramica Collection including Antique Paisley, Antique Rose, Ceramic Stripe, Chantilly, Meissen, Ming, Villeroy Check and Villeroy Stripe.
Price: 119/metre +10%gst
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CERAMIC STRIPE/Delft
ANTIQUE ROSE/Delft
VILLEROY CHECK/Ink
ANTIQUE PAISLEY/Ink
IMPERIAL TRELLIS VELVET Noir | MARRAKESH VELVET Jet
F. Schumacher expands the palette this season with their new collection of velvets and wovens. Plush cut velvets, finely detailed embroideries, luxurious silks and chunky cotton weaves are combined in saturated hues and sophisticated neutrals inspired by fashion and derived from exotic textiles. These multipurpose fabrics layer beautifully with many of Schumacher’s statement designs to create vibrant interiors.
One of the shining stars of the collection is an upholstery weight velvet version of the iconic ‘Imperial Trellis’ design by Kelly Wearstler.
IMPERIAL TRELLIS VELVET (seen right in colour Noir) will have Kelly Wearstler fans jumping for joy!
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In Sept/Oct ‘11 Vogue Living, Caecilia Potter’s style is an absolute standout of eclecticism done beautifully and right!
In her historic inner Melbourne home she uses Chivasso BLACKBIRD sheer curtains for a filtered light effect, and it is a perfect whimsical backdrop to this interesting dining room. Note the mismatching of the elaborate and ornate, juxtaposition with the simple lines of the more contemporary.
BLACKBIRD is part of the SERENITY collection from Chivasso. Create a sense of calm and balance with Serenity’s fabrics and wallcoverings. Their focus on neutral colours, natural fibres and woven textures lend a relaxed but contemporary feel to any interior.
BLACKBIRD CH2532-090
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Price: Approximately $340/m
(144cm wide; 100% polyester)
Lorca 'XANADU' Collection
‘XANADU’ is a collection of elegant fabrics inspired by the rhythms of South America and coloured in distinctive Lorca style. However, the title name itself was the summer capital of Kublai Khan’s Yuan Dynasty in China, more correctly known as ShaÌngdu. It achieved almost mythical status as a metaphor for opulence most famously in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan. Designs include PARANA STRIPE, CONGA, XANADU STRIPE, ODALIA & SAMBA.
Priced from: $226/m
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The new ‘BRAQUENIE EMBROIDERIES Collection’ by Pierre Frey, which brings together archive designs never seen before and reworked Pierre Frey classics, is composed entirely of embroidered materials on natural linen, cotton or silk base fabrics. The colours are faithful to the original designs in order to perpetuate these historic documents. The slightly darkened backgrounds reflect the passing of time. Striped, checked and embossed fabrics round off a collection which is very 18th century in spirit.
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Jim Thompson 'ALHAMBRA'
Jim Thompson continues to roll out amazing collections……
His latest is ‘THE RITE OF SPRING’ collection and we love this cotton blend fabric ‘ALHAMBRA’ for its intricate detail. Suitable for curtains, cushions and light upholstery. How interesting for an exotic Middle Eastern look!
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Jagtar 'WOODLAND'
We are loving this……..
‘WOODLAND’ by Jagtar, is a whimsical multi colored bold brush stroke hand print with boughs and birds on a jute cotton ground. This fabric would make up beautifully in curtains, cushions, or light upholstery.
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WOODLAND - Blue
Morris & Co 'ORCHARD' 220304
‘ORCHARD’
This charming design by Alison Gee, ‘ORCHARD’ was inspired by Morris & Co’s mediaeval tapestries which were woven at Merton Abbey. Small groups of flowers are depicted within a setting of fruit trees.
Morris & Co 'KELMSCOTT TREE EMBROIDERY' 230341 (curtains)
‘KELMSCOTT TREE’ – Print & Embroidery
The inspiration for the design ‘KELMSCOTT TREE’ can be seen on the bed curtains surrounding the four poster bed situated in Morris’ bedroom at Kelmscott Manor. The curtains were embroidered in 1891 by May Morris and friends. The bed hangings were probably made for Morris’ birthday and each curtain took three months to complete. Kelmscott Tree has been painted by Alison Gee in the Morris studio and depicts a large tree surrounded by birds and flowers.
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Morris & Co 'KELMSCOTT TREE PRINT (cushion)
Morris & Co - BRANCH 203276
A new collection by WILLIAM MORRIS
Taken from the MORRIS & CO wallpaper in ‘THE ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS’, the BRANCH design is now woven in ‘cut and loop pile’ velvet to create a contemporary fabric that will sit equally well in classic style interiors or modern homes. (As seen in THE WORLD OF INTERIORS Magazine – May 2011)
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Bed canopy: VOYAGE 836; Drapery: ECHAPPEE 845; Striped cushions: BABYLONE 485
ETAMINE by Zimmer + Rohde (& brought to us by Unique Fabrics), takes us on a voyage around the world discovering sophisticated ethnic cultures and exploring islands of paradise with their new collection EVASION | PARADIS (as seen in Vogue Living July/August 2011).
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Bedhead panels from left: Maldives 235 & 185
Lounger: CAPVERT 854; Pouf: MALDIVES 955; Drapery: MIKANOS 980; Cushion: BERMUDES 955
The “Intaglio” fabrics from ZOFFANY (as seen in July/August 2011 Vogue Living) are inspired by the distinctive ‘intaglio’ printmaking technique of incising a design into a hard surface to create dynamic fabrics. Three of these designs draw on the architectural lines of ancient and classical Rome, other designs depict illustrative maps, forests of sycamore trees and a sophisticated smaller scale design of repeated coronets. The image shows an armchair beutifully upholstered in 100% linen fabric ROME (priced from $165/m)
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Our history is enriched by those with the courage to leave the old for the new. Warwick Fabrics’ new PAN PACIFIC Collection embraces the names, places and emotions that are woven into such journeys.
‘Par Avion’ and ‘Postal Panel’ connect across time with ‘Union Jack’ and ‘Pascoes Shed’ a series of grain and wool sack destinations. All travel and blend comfortably with ‘Pullman’ stripe and two unassuming plains ‘Panache’ and ‘Pinaroo’, in flat woven or textured chenille.
Each fabric is proudly made in Australia and is fully licensed as part of Warwick Fabrics’ commitment to the ‘Australian Made, Australian Grown Campaign’.
PAN PACIFIC is distinctively Antipodean Collection featuring symbols of our history and of the transition to new age textiles.
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Featuring strong graphic design inspired by pop culture, HEADLINER from Andrew Martin’s Spectator Collection is fun and striking, which will deliver the drama. Andrew Martin’s fabric and wallpaper collections are available to us in Australia and are available through the FABRIC STUDIO online-shop.
HEADLINER/Multi (printed on 100% Cotton) is shown here on a studded chair as a feature fabric, used in conjunction with CARAVAN/Straw.
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FABRIC STUDIO is an ONLINE-FABRIC-SHOP that features a hand picked collection of Upholstery Fabrics, Designer Fabrics and Curtain Fabrics, many with co-ordinating glamorous & fashionable Designer Wallpaper.
FABRIC STUDIO’s Interior Designer Alison Burke, is frequently visiting the wholesale showrooms of all the international fabric & wallpaper brands, so when you go to the ONLINE-FABRIC-SHOP, you know you are only seeing a shortlist of designer favourites – the best of the best!
The brands you will see in the SHOP are:
ANDERW MARTIN
KELLY WERSTLER (by Schumacher)
LORCA
NINA CAMPBELL
OSBORNE & LITTLE
SANDERSON
SCHUMACHER
SILK TRADER
TRINA TURK (by Schumacher)
UNIQUE
WARWICK
POLYESTER TAFFETA/Black Stripe
The collection of SILK LOOK POLYESTER FABRICS from Silk Trader, are all durable and glamorous fabrics that can be used for most soft furnishing applications and make up beautifully as curtains. They are a great alternative for those wanting the look of silk, without the sun sensitivity. All of the stripes have corresponding plains to match, and there is a selction of novelty weaves featuring embroidery, pin-tucks, ruching, crushed & shimmer.
Polyester Taffeta Stripe Price: $47.30/m
Belle Price: $66/m
Zen Price: $53.90/m
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BELLE Chocolate
ZEN Merlot