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
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.
Albery Wallpaper
£153.00Albery Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son offers a modern twist on the trend for antique decorative glass, using ornamental elements from the Cole & Son archive to create a bevelled mirror wallpaper pattern.
53cm wide, 53cm pattern repeat, straight 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
Alicatado Wallpaper
£148.00Alicatado Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Alicatado, meaning a geometric mosaic of coloured glazed tiles, is the design studio’s interpretation of Seville’s famous azulejos. Its simple two-toned print creates a striking graphic backdrop and has been designed and coloured in order to complement other designs within the collection.
Pattern Repeat 13cm. Width 52cm. Sold s a 10.05m Roll. Straight match.
Alma Wallpaper
£109.00Alma Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Taking its title from the popular Victorian name, Alma features a small-scale diamond trellis enclosing a simple sprig leaf motif. Set on grounds of powder blue, grey, sand and ecru, this smart petite print bestows a modern feel to a traditional motif.
Pattern Repeat 13.3cm. Width 53cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Straight Match.
Alpana Wallpaper
£123.00Designed by S.K.Data from 1971, Alpana wallpaper for Cole & Son features an etched Aztec style design with an unusual repeat giving width and glamour
53cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Angel’s Trumpet Wallpaper
£179.00Angel’s Trumpet Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Native to the tropics of South America, Angel’s Trumpet flourishes in the searing Sevillian heat of the Alcázar’s courtyards and city gardens. Its feminine shape is enhanced by delicate, painterly details in pretty palettes. Entirely hand-painted in a traditional botanical illustration style, Angel’s Trumpet creates a beautifully bold, elegant floral stripe.
Pattern Repeat 52cm. Width 8.5cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Straight Match.
Antique Mirror Wallpaper
£148.00This Antinque Mirror wallpaper designed by Cole & Son uses a reclaimed tile design creating the appearance of a vintage foxed mirror. Unusual printing techniques were incorporated with the use of foil and transparent ink creating the reflective effect.
53cm wide, 53cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Apex Grand Wallpaper
£138.00As a follow up to the very successful Apex design, Cole & Son have produced Apex Grand Wallpaper; a larger scale, wide-width wallpaper, in a series of brand new colourings. A popular geometric motif of interlocking triangles, Apex Grand delivers a bold and modern look for the contemporary space.
68.5cm wide, 68.50cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Ardmore Border Wallpaper
£53.00Taken from the decorative detailing on a ceramic vase, this pretty decorative Ardmore border designed by Cole & Son acts as a decorative edging to many of the papers contained within this collection. Designed to be hung both vertically and horizontally it is offered in three colourings.
10cm wide, 52cm pattern repeat
Sold as 10 metre roll
Ardmore Cameos Wallpaper
£161.00The Ardmore Cameos wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is a very personal representation of a series of plates which were created originally as a wedding gift to a friend of Ardmore. With each animal portrait, including a rather haughty zebra and a quizzical leopard, set against a backdrop of softly drawn giraffe spots, this delightful cartouche wallpaper is offered in four colourings
68.5cm wide, 76.2cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Bahia Doorway Wallpaper
£618.00STUNNING. This decorative Bahia doorway wallpaper designed by Cole & Son draws inspiration from both the palace and the Durbar room of Osborne House, the palatial holiday house of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Its elegantly detailed Jali fretwork, elaborate, lace- like masonry and decorative motifs in Gold and Stone have been painstakingly drawn and painted by hand in order to reflect the highly-skilled craftsmanship of its inspirations.
Width 68.5cm, sold as an 10.20 metre roll which your decorator should slice in half to make up both sides of the doorway, which stands just over 5 metres tall.
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
Bamboo Wallpaper
£128.00Bamboo Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Originally a screen-printed design, Bamboo chronicles the rise in popularity of the Orientalist style throughout the Victorian era.
Pattern Repeat 76cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Straight Match.
Baudelaire Wallpaper
£138.00The print on the Baudelaire wallpaper designed by Cole & Son references the fashion for gilding with ornamental gold leaf and other precious metals. This elegant wallpaper pattern of feathered plumes is designed as a panel and features burnished metallics on a range of neutral grounds.
50cm wide, 64cm pattern repeat, half drop match.
Sold as 10.05 metre roll.
Bellini Wallpaper
£117.00Bellini Wallpaper is a re-working of a Cole & Son surface print wallpaper design from the 1950s. Featuring a pretty water-coloured arrangement of tiles containing loosely sketched florals and geometrics, Bellini, named after Vincenzo Bellini the famous Italian composer, is presented in four simple colourings of charcoal and white, china blue on white, white on grey and a subtle gilver on stone
52cm wide, 70cm pattern repeat, straight 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
Butterflies & Dragonflies Wallpaper
£123.00Taken from the Cole & Son archives this e;legant Butterflies & Dragonflies Wallpaper design surprises with its scale. It features large graphical butterflies and dragonflies in shimmering metallic.
52cm wide, 72cm pattern repeat, half drop.
Sold as 10 metre roll.
Byron Wallpaper
£171.00Byron Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is an elegant damask wallpaper featuring gilded peacocks in precious mineral hues of emerald, copper, teal, pewter and graphite. Inspired by the Victorian love of ornamental birds, the print is opulent and exotic.
52cm wide, 76cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
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.
Carousel Stripe Wallpaper
£128.00Carousel Stripe Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Bringing to life another Cole & Son classic archive print, Carousel Stripe has been updated and recreated using innovative modern print techniques. Shimmering dragged-brush ribbons of coloured metallics line up to create a wonderfully vibrant and glamorous wallpaper.
Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll. Random Match.
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
Cascade Linen Union Fabric
£145.00 /mCascade’s dense canopy of bursting florals and foliage sits in complement to Reverie’s expansive scene. Each palette is an explosion of colour, naturally radiant and defiantly bright.
Cascade Velvet
£270.00 /mCascade’s dense canopy of bursting florals and foliage sits in complement to Reverie’s expansive scene. Each palette is an explosion of colour, naturally radiant and defiantly bright.
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.
Cocktails Wallpaper
£275.00Cocktails Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Derived from an ice bucket design entitled ‘Oggetti Cocktail’ created by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s, Cocktails showcases the maestro’s fascination with repeated studies of the same subject in order to create multiple variations upon the same theme.
Width 68.5cm. Pattern repeat 68.5cm. Sold as a 10m Roll.
Coleridge Wallpaper
£142.00Coleridge Wallpaper is a popular wallpaper design from the Cole & Son archive re-coloured in chalky ground shades of stone, white, ochre and camel, with highlights of china blue, leafy green and sooty charcoal. A graceful pattern arrangement of leaves and budding flowers makes up this very handsome damask wallpaper. Available in five colourways.
53cm wide, 70cm pattern repeat, straight match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Columbus Wallpaper
£128.00Columbus Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son is designed as a whale-free alternative to Melville, this attractive finely engraved sea print will be a talking point for any interior.
68.5cm wide, 68.5cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
Concrete Wallpaper
£103.00A carefully designed Concrete wallpaper pattern, designed by Cole & Son, created to resemble an industrial surface. Colour-ways include Light Grey, Charcoal Grey, Cork and Yellow.
53cm wide, 53cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
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
Court Embroidery Wallpaper
£167.00Court Embroidery Wallpaper designed by Cole & Son. Delicately hand-painted to emulate silken hand stitches, Court Embroidery is inspired by an early 19th century waistcoat from the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection.
Pattern Repeat 52cm. Width 52cm. Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
Cow Parsley Wallpaper
£128.00Cow Parsley wallpaper designed by Cole & Son adds a pastoral ambiance to any space, with its silhouette stem design and etched background. Offered in classic, calming shades.
Width &a Height 53 cm x 10.05 m
Match: Half drop. Repeat: 76 cm
Cow Parsley Wallpaper
£128.00This classic Cow Parsley wallpaper designed by Cole & Son features silhouetted stems of cow parsley against an etched background is presented in five new colour-ways. The soft tones of straw yellow, amethyst and stone offer an alternative modern mood to the vibrant original wallpapers. 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
Crackle Wallpaper
£109.00The Crackle wallpaper designed by Cole & Son features an array of distressed and weathered crackled paint effects ranging from bleached paintwork to luxurious and exuberant gilded surfaces. Colour-ways include White Cream, Light Blue, Duck Egg & Gold, Ink Blue, Silver, Gold and Bronze.
53cm wide, 53cm pattern repeat, half drop match
Sold as 10 metre roll
