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.
Acacia Wallpaper
£128.00
The Acacia tree is an enduring sight in Africa with its bright fluff-ball flowers, and holds warm memories for Ardmore founder Fee Halsted. Having always had monkeys around her as a child, these humorous animals full of wit, pranks and intelligence have created a soft spot in her heart, and in turn have provided the inspiration for this striking new conversational wallpaper. Designed by Cole & Son to create a wide striped effect, this paper is subtle yet will add drama, especially with the addition of our two charming pranksters.
52cm wide, 76.2cm pattern repeat, half drop pattern match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Aldwych Wallpaper
£153.00Aldwych Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is an updated rococo style damask wallpaper design taken from the Cole & Son archive, and named after the famous London crescent and theatre. This pattern features elaborate leafy scrolls and is printed using highlights of textured glitter in dramatic colours.
52cm wide, 64cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Allium Wallpaper
£150.00Allium wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is a contemporary, geometric take on the traditional floral motif. Allium takes the striking herbaceous perennial and creates a bold repeat of blooming clusters. With their firework burst of colour and texture, the allium spheres of flora, combined with their long, leafless stems, makes a unique floral stripe, in inspiring seasonal tones.
Width 52cm, sold as a 10.05m. Half drop. Pattern Repeat 76.20 cm
Balabina Wallpaper
£142.00Balabina wallpaper designed by Cole & Son, named after Feya Balabina, a Russian ballerina with the Kirov Ballet. Balabina, originally an archive block printed wallpaper has been re-worked to include a beautifully drawn hoopoe bird.
52cm wide, 101.8cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Blake Wallpaper
£142.00Blake Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is a classic surface printed damask wallpaper design, layered over subtly patterned grounds of deep red, rich gold, teal, graphite and pewter. Available in five colourways.
53cm wide, 53cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Boscobel Oak Wallpaper
£174.00Boscobel Oak Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son combines many of the monarchical symbols of England such as the Tudor Rose, roaring lion, and the oak tree, Boscobel Oak is a unique take on a traditional damask print. Taking its name from the great oak in Boscobel Wood – which helped Charles II hide from the Roundhead soldiers pursuing him, later becoming known as the Royal Oak – it is an ode to the most-regal of English symbols.
Width 52cm. Pattern Repeat 68.5cm. Half Drop. Sold as a 10m Roll.
Bougainvillea Wallpaper
£161.00Bougainvillea Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Covering palaces, chalky plaster walls and creating bright borders to parks and sun-soaked avenues, Bougainvillea is another of Seville’s vibrantly coloured flora. With its soft, water-coloured petals and leaves, Bougainvillea’s inflorescence has a delicate ombré creating movement and life.
Pattern Repeat 64cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Third Drop match.
Bush Baby Wallpaper
£153.00Bush Baby Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. The bush babies nestle in a canopy of leaves beside an African Coral, or ‘Lucky Bean’, tree whose plump pods are bursting to reveal ripe seeds. With their alert ears listening for the flutter of insect wings, the bush babies are poised to leap upon a tasty snack, with rose-tipped fingers and a sliver of pink tongue.
Pattern Repeat 76.2cm. Half Drop Match. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10m 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
Cambridge Stripe Wallpaper
£97.00Cambridge Stripe Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. This smart and well-proportioned university stripe design has been reintroduced in fresh new colourways.
Width 53cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Random Match.
Camellia Wallpaper
£103.00Camellia Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Camellia is another of Cole & Son’s archival prints, with reworked floral elements to make each study reflective of the Camellia japonica, whilst retaining the design’s original crackled glaze ground. Its glossy, leather-like leaves and showy flower heads are radiant in their alluring form.
Width 52cm. Pattern Repeat 61cm. Half Drop match. Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
Chamber Angels Wallpaper
£186.00Chamber Angels Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son features dancing figures having been combined with delicate foliage and the ripened fruits, once found in the Kensington Palace Orangery, to create a decoratively decadent design.
Pattern Repeat 68.5cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
Chiavi Segrete Wallpaper
£249.00The much-loved Chiavi Segrete designed by Cole & Son combines two influential Fornasetti motifs: mystical, dense leaves concealing golden, antique keys. This fanciful design has a magical quality, drawing the eye through and around the leaves to discover each of the ‘secret keys’ hidden within. Muted shades give way to true-to-life tones of spring undergrowth, with seasonal twists of autumnal leaves and wintery greys.
Width 68.5cm. Pattern Repeat 57cm. Sold as a 10m Roll. Straight Match.
Chinese Toile Wallpaper
£128.00Chinese Toile Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. An early Cole & Son design, Chinese Toile, has been given a contemporary update whilst retaining the oriental bearing of its past. A popular style in Victorian times, this Orientalist motif features pastoral vignettes of Far Eastern life.
Pattern Repeat 53cm. Width 53cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Half Drop
Chippendale China Wallpaper
£128.00Chippendale China Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. A reworking of an old damask classic, Chippendale China is inspired by the orientalist style that swept Victorian Britain. This elegant tonal wallpaper features pagodas set in cartouches of grand scrollwork.
Pattern Repeat 53cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Half Drop.
Colour Box Velvet
£112.00 /mColour Box Velvets provide a foundation from which to mix and match The Gardens’ palettes and prints. Available in all-new soft pastels and vibrant gem-like tones, these luscious velvets are short pile and non-directional making them ideal for heavy domestic use including curtains, blinds, and upholstery.
Coral Wallpaper
£115.00Coral is a diminutive reworking of one Cole & Son’s most iconic blockprint wallpapers; the Vermicelli. A classic and historic pattern the world over, with many, many versions over the years, here it has simply been reduced in scale and given a more contemporary printing process.
52cm wide, 10.66cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Cordovan Wallpaper
£115.00Cordovan designed by Cole & Son, which takes its name from a variety of soft leather, is a smart parchment style semi plain wallpaper which can be matched on the wall randomly. Produced in nine leathery hues.
52cm wide, 52cm pattern repeat, no alignment
Sold as 10 metre roll
Flamenco Fan Wallpaper
£193.00Flamenco Fan Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. A cultural symbol of Spain and deeply entrenched within flamenco culture, the fan exudes romance and passion with its dramatic shape and versatile movement. The delicate metallic detailing of the fans elevates decadent tones of cerise, magenta, ink and cream.
Pattern Repeat 68.5cm. Width 68.5cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
Geranium Wallpaper
£243.00Geranium Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. This archive design was completely redrawn and repainted by the Cole & Son design studio to enhance the lush, robust fanned leaves and blooming clusters of bright petals in vibrant colours.
Pattern Repeat 52cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Half Drop.
Hampton Roses Wallpaper
£167.00Hampton Roses Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. A celebration of the flower now synonymous with Hampton Court Palace and its Tudor foundations, Hampton Roses is a charming floral print evoking the heady summer fragrance of blooming florets within delicate petals.
Pattern Repeat 64cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
Hoopoe Leaves Wallpaper
£153.00Hoopoe Leaves Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Leaves, fronds and flowers form a lush and peaceful labyrinth within Hoopoe Leaves canopy; a closer glance revealing nature’s bustling wonder. What appear to be blossoms are, in fact, the feathery crowns of exotic Hoopoe birds hiding in the foliage alongside wildly embellished beetles and a wide-eyed praying mantis. Every leaf, feather and insect wing is lovingly adorned with intricate patterns evoking Zulu beadwork.
Pattern Repeat 64cm. Half Drop Match. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10m Roll.
Jaspe Stripe Wallpaper
£103.00Jaspe Stripe Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. One of Cole & Son’s oldest designs, the Jaspe wallpaper has an enduring and refined air of elegance. The design has been modernised and placed in a large stripe repeat to create a balanced, yet seemingly irregular strié in a wide range of sophisticated colourings.
Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Random Match.
Jaspe Wallpaper
£115.00One of Cole & Son’s oldest designs, the Jaspe wallpaper has an enduring and refined air of elegance. Historically produced at the Cole & Son factory in North London with a random brush effect, the design has been modernised here to create a balanced, yet seemingly irregular stripe in a wide range of sophisticated colourings.
52cm wide, 0cm pattern repeat, no alignment
Sold as 10 metre roll
Malabar Wallpaper
£128.00Malabar Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is a striking large-scale paisley pattern available in a series of beautiful colours.
53cm wide, 72cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Midsummer Bloom Wallpaper
£167.00Midsummer Bloom designed by Cole & Son, depicts abundant summer flowers in full bloom. This blousy print was found in the Cole & Son archive and re-painted by the Design Studio to create a rich and lavish trailing floral. Moody colourings of Burnt Orange, Rose & Petrol on Ink; and Mulberry, Purple & Teal on Ink give Midsummer Bloom a contemporary update whilst Chartreuse, Rouge & Leaf Green on Parchment; and Hyacinth Blues on Chalk offer a more classically chintzy floral arrangement.
Width 68.5cm, Half drop. Repeat 76.20cm. Sold as a 10.05m roll.
Mimosa Wallpaper
£123.00Mimosa Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is a large-scale exuberant wallpaper design featuring foliage and flowers
53cm wide, 61cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Orchid Wallpaper
£134.00The famous Orchid Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is newly presented in five new and exciting colour combinations. Colours shown on-screen may vary from the original wallpaper, we therefore recommend ordering a sample to view the true colours. These wallpapers are paste the wall products.
53cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Palm Leaves Wallpaper
£127.00The original Cole & Son palm print. Palm Leaves Wallpaper is a lush, multi-layered motif of dense jungle foliage. Offered in both bold and understated colours for an arresting, tropical scheme in both residential and commercial spaces.
53cm wide, 72cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Parterre Border Wallpaper (Frieze)
£109.00Designed to co-ordinate directly with the wallpaper of the same name, Parterre Border Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Coloured in reverse, this smart 40cm high horizontal border adds depth and a decorative twist, whether placed at the top of a room or above a dado rail.
40cm high, 64cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Parterre Wallpaper
£117.00Parterre Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is a delicate trellis design inspired by the intricate garden designs of 16th and 17th century France and still found in many parks and gardens today. This wallpaper pattern is printed in seven delightful colourings including stone, charcoal, French grey, cobalt, green, classic red and metallic gold.
53cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Petrouchka Wallpaper
£211.00A luxurious flock damask Petrouchka Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son, adding intense colour and drama to any interior, Petrouchka re-introduces the flock print to the Cole & Son library. Flock printing, the application of wool or synthetic fibres to paper was originally invented in the 17th century to imitate expensive cut velvet wall hangings. Petrouchka has been printed at a traditional paper mill in the North of England in a range of five jewel-like colourings.
68.5cm wide, 72cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Piccadilly Wallpaper
£142.00Piccadilly Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Composed of a host of beautiful curved, swirling lines, Piccadilly is a classic tile print found throughout Seville, from the Alcazar’s tiled bench nooks, to restaurant walls and elaborate ceramic floors. Piccadilly’s traditional print is made contemporary in striking shades.
Pattern Repeat 53cm. Width 53cm Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
Pugin Palace Flock Wallpaper
£218.00Pugin Palace Flock Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. The palaces and grand houses of the mid-1800s designed by A. W. Pugin were the inspiration behind the striking damask of Pugin Palace Flock. Taken from an original block print, the Cole & Son Design Studio have injected an opulent elegance to the design whilst retaining original symbolic motifs such as the pineapple, seen throughout many of Pugin’s works, signifying wealth and hospitality. Delicate flocking, a production process which imitates cut velvet, enhances the rich decadence of the design.
Width 52cm. Pattern Repeat 90cm. Straight Match. Sold as a 10m 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
