Cole & Son
Founded in 1875, the Cole & Son wallpaper archive contains thousands of designs and has provided wallpapers for many historic houses including Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament.
Today Cole & Son lead the way in terms of wallpaper design and continue to produce stunning, innovative and beautiful designs; their current collections reflect their long and distinguished history as well as their continuing passion for new and exciting wallpaper designs.
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Acquario Wallpaper
£295.00Acquario Wallpaper designed By Cole & Son. The fish theme appears in some of the earliest Fornasetti work, and this design adopts some of the motifs used on decorative trays. Picked for their whimsical and naive appearance and set on a subtle washed background.
68.5cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, half drop match.
Sold as 10 metre roll.
Archipelago Border Wallpaper (Frieze)
£395.00Archipelago Border Wallpaper is designed by Cole & Son with its company of crustaceans and shells hiding amongst strange and wonderful waterworld plants and coral on a shoreline somewhere far away, this 68.5cm high frieze is perfect for adding an aquatic twist to any environment. The design repeats once every 1.5 metres on a 7.5 metre roll.
750cm wide, 68.5 cm high, 150cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 7.5m metre roll
Babylon Wallpaper
£153.00Babylon Wallpaper designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard for Cole & Son. A contemporary interpretation of The Hanging Gardens, ‘Babylon’ comprises of familiar aspects of Martyn’s style such as ancient arches and decadent florals in bold tones. The floral motif is an adaption of the Cole and Son classic, Wisteria design, combining old and new elements for a fresh botanical print in tones of Teal and Pink.
52cm wide, 76.2cm pattern repeat, sold as a 10.05 metre roll.
Bourlie Wallpaper
£148.00Bourlie wallpaper designed by Cole & Son featuring a stunning display of rhododendron blossoms in full bloom. This floral wallpaper design is influenced by the seventeenth century gardens of Chateau de la Bourlie in France. This floral design is available in four magnificent colourings of ivory on both duck egg and pale lemon, and coral and carmine on off white.
52cm wide, 52cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Cabaret Wallpaper
£153.00A highly unusual archive design, Cabaret Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is an exuberant wallpaper with a strong narrative. With its carnival imagery and colouring, featuring whirling dancers, this design measures 68.5cm wide, repeats on a halfdrop and is offered as a single handsome colourway.
68.5cm wide, 76.20cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Carousel Stripe Wallpaper
£128.00Bringing to life another Cole & Son classic archive print, Carousel Stripe Wallpaper has been updated and recreated using innovative modern print techniques in two of the original colourways. Shimmering dragged-brush ribbons of coloured metallics line up to create a wonderfully vibrant and glamorous wallpaper. Carousel Stripe was originally produced using a stripe pan, each section in the pan housed a separate colour and was filled by hand to produce this complex and beautiful striped wallpaper. Due to the ten striking metallic colours, the Carousel Stripe continues to be one of the most technically difficult designs to produce
52cm wide, random match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Circus Wallpaper Panel
£599.00A striking large scale repeating wallpaper panel of overlapping multi coloured harlequins, Circus Wallpaper Panel designed by Cole & Son is also available in a simple Grey scale, monochrome print. Panels can be repeated around a room or used singularly.
45cm wide, repeatable, straight match
Sold as a 3m wide x 3m high panel
Deco Palm Wallpaper
£123.00Inspired by the exotic foliage found in Miami and worked into a more contemporary geometric style, this screen printed Deco Palm wallpaper designed by Cole & Son takes the palm motif to new and exciting heights.
52cm wide, 64cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Fontainebleau Wallpaper
£612.00Fontainebleau Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son depicts a wonderfully exuberant ‘tree of life’ inspired by the Palace of Fontainebleau outside Paris. Comprising leafy stems upon which are perched a flock of exotic and colourful birds, this wallpaper design is presented in two colour-ways of rose pinks on duck egg and fuchsia and emerald greens on a neutral ground.
68.5cm wide, 123.90cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Hummingbirds Wallpaper
£174.00The much loved and ever elegant, Hummingbirds wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is realised in a range of 4 new colour palettes. The contrasting feather-toned Viridian, spring-like Green and Pink, and chalky Pastel, alongside the dark embers of Charcoal and Ginger, all provide an enchanting update to one of Cole and Son’s most enduring designs.
Width & Height 52 cm x 10.05 m
Match: Half drop. Repeat: 53.3 cm
Hummingbirds Wallpaper
£174.00One of the most beloved and iconic Cole & Son wallpapers, Hummingbirds, has been reintroduced to reveal two brand new colourings. These new versions of Hummingbirds are produced on a non-woven base paper.
52cm wide, 54cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Khulu Vases Wallpaper
£153.00Khulu, meaning ‘most important’ is a very apt name for this grand design by Cole & Son featuring classical vases entwined with leopards, parrots, lions and other African animals. This fabulous wallpaper with its watercoloured paintings pays tribute to those renowned vessels recognised today as ‘modern day collectables’ by auction houses such as Christie’s, Bonhams and Sotherbys and displayed in galleries and private collections around the world.
68.5cm wide, 68.5cm pattern repeat, third drop pattern match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Macchine Volanti Wallpaper
£478.00Macchine Volanti Wallpaper designed by Fornasetti for Cole & Son. Floating on a new version of Nuvole, these wondrous flying machines hang amongst the clouds evoking the romantic New World of scientific exploration.
68.5cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as set of two 10 metre rolls
Miami Wallpaper
£446.00Inspired by the colourful and exuberant architecture of South Beach, Miami and the lush and tropical vegetation of the region, the Miami wallpaper designed by Cole & Son depicts giddy layers of elegant tiled terraces, colonnades and pillars, interspersed with verdant palms and exotic flora. Digitally printed, Miami is offered in two stunning colourings, the first made up of botanic greens, and limes, with accents of orange and teal, while the second presents a moodier twilight colouring of slates and Greys with flashes of electric pink and golden yellow.
68.5cm wide, 89.80cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Miami Wallpaper
£446.00Paying homage to the epicentre of tropical, retro style, the exuberant Miami design by Cole & Son featuring layers of terraced colonnades and lush tropical vegetation is now available in two new colourways; Soot and Snow for a bold, graphic statement and Pastel, reflecting South Beach’s chalky coloured architecture and glamorously kitsch vibe.
Width 70 cm x 10.05 m
Match: Half drop. Repeat: 92.40 cm
Prism Wallpaper
£153.00Taking inspiration from the very successful Circus design from the first Geometric collection. Prism Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is much smaller in scale and with a brighter palette, this enigmatic wallpaper uses the four colour separation process in order to achieve the high number of colours within the design. This single colourway features kaleidoscopic shards of pinks, oranges, purples, greens and blues to create a real signature piece for the interior.
68.5cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Punchinello Wallpaper
£119.00One of the signature designs within the Wimsical collection, Punchinello Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son, named after and inspired by the rascally character from the Commedia dell’arte, is a striking harlequin paper.
52cm wide, 46cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Pushkin Wallpaper
£142.00Pushkin Wallpaper deaigned by Cole & Son is an exuberant multi-coloured wallpaper featuring classic oriental motifs, this design is bold and bohemian and named after Alexander Pushkin, one of the greatest Russian playwrights and poets of our time.
68.5cm wide, 38cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Puzzle Wallpaper
£161.00Presented in six stunning colourways, this screen printed Puzzle wallpaper designed by Cole & Son, featuring a dizzying cascade of tumbling cubes is a real statement piece for the interior. The six colourings include the more serious tones of black, white and Grey, alongside a softer pastel palette, and a show-stopping display of acid yellow and limes on charcoal.
68.5cm wide, 64cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Safari Dance Wallpaper
£128.00This beautifully patterned Safari Dance wallpaper designed by Cole & Son features a trio of elephants dancing horizontally across the African Plains. Intricately rendered, they are taken from a series of large decorated urns painted by Zinhle Nene which take pride of place in the Ardmore museum. The colouring has been kept quite simple in order to show off the fine hand drawn elements.
52cm wide, 76.2cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Scaramouche Wallpaper Border
£55.00Reminiscent of carnival bunting, this slim 13cm wide Scaramouche Border Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son has been designed to add a dash of fun and whimsy to your wall. Scaramouche can be applied anywhere within a room. It is sold as a 10m roll.
13cm wide, 13cm high, 50.40cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Sultan’s Palace Wallpaper
£186.00A cartouche of English trees is the focal point of this stunning patchwork surrounded by faience tile mosaics, inspired by the façade of the Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, with its highly decorative archways and intricate botanical tiles. This rich Sultan’s Palace design by Cole & Son can be paired with the Zellige tile design and Zellige Border.
68.5cm wide, 76.2cm pattern repeat, Straight Match. Sold as a 10.05 metre roll.
Versailles Grand Wallpaper
£1,082.00A grander version of the Versailles wallpaper, Versailles Grand Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son.
Echoing the glorious French scenic wallpapers of the eighteenth century, Versailles Grande comprises an A and B roll set, giving a dramatic full width repeat of 137cm.
68.5cm wide, 182.50cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Zambezi Wallpaper
£446.00Zambezi wallpaper by Cole and Son features a flotilla of boats, originally sculpted by Sotho artist Benet Zondo, captained by an array of animals all floating gently down the Zambezi river in Zimbabwe. Inspired by Operation Noah, a mission led by people in boats to save drowning animals when the Zambezi flooded in the 1960s, this delightful wallpaper will be loved by children and adults alike. Softly coloured zebras monkeys, elephants and hyenas all feature as do the occasional crocodile and haughty flamingo.
70cm wide, 102.1cm pattern repeat, half drop pattern match
Sold as 10 metre roll