Timorous Beasties

Timorous Beasties was established in Glasgow in 1990 by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons, who met studying textile design at Glasgow School of Art. Today, the studio is a diverse operation and has emerged as a multi-award-winning, internationally acclaimed icon. Timorous Beasties’ work embodies a unique diversity of pattern, ranging from design that echoes a golden age of copperplate engraving (a time-honoured classic is the Thistle range; or Merian Palm superwide wallpaper) to examples of a distinctly edgy nature, an elegant transgression, a display of chic irreverence.

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Bloomsbury Garden Wallpaper
£320.00

Bloomsbury Garden is one of a trinity of designs inspired by the Victorian pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris. In this pattern, plants including briars and fruiting vines swarm with butterflies and beetles, all illustrated by hand and digitally printed with a level of heightened detail Morris could not even have dreamed of.
Sold as a 10 metre roll. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
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Indie Wood Wallpaper
£370.00

Indie Wood is a dense nature-inspired pattern festooned with flora and fauna, all beautifully drawn and coloured by hand. In a typical Timorous Beasties twist, this sylvan scene includes bugs such as beetles and moths that add a darker dimension. The pattern’s vertical repeat helps to emphasise the height of a space, drawing the eye up towards an imagined forest canopy. Digitally printed.
Sold as a 10 metre roll. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
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Merian Palm Superwide Wallpaper
£135.00

This richly decorative wallpaper features exotic flora including banana leaves and a menagerie of animal species. The design’s subtle shading pays tribute to the copperplate prints produced by the celebrated 17th-century naturalist and scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian. The latest digital printing methods are used to produce the bold colouring of this superwide wallpaper.
Sold by the metre.

Napoleon Bee Velvet Fabric

£130.00 /m

Bees are one of Timorous Beasties’ favourite and most popular motifs. The insect was used by the emperor Napoleon as an emblem that represented hard work, diligence and orderliness. Here, a single bumble bee forms the centrepiece of a striking repeat pattern that is hand printed in black and gold onto a soft velvet fabric. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.

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Papillion Wallpaper
£250.00

Papillion wallpaper features detailed linework, delicate floral motifs and intricately illustrated butterflies that dance around an ever-growing vine. Digitally printed.
Sold as a 10 metre roll. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
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Storm Blotch Velvet Fabric
£160.00 /m

Storm Blotch transforms any space with its intense, abstract pattern. The design is part of a series created to take advantage of contemporary digital printing technologies. Random splotches of inks and dyes are layered together using computer software and digitally printed onto this soft-touch velvet fabric, which is available in several punchy colourways.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.
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Totem Damask Wallpaper
£335.00

Totem Damask is a kaleidoscopic synthesis of arabesques, splats and florals, structured around a geometric ‘digital’ stem. For all the exuberance and intricacies it embodies, the pattern dispenses with horizontal repeat so that the single ten-metre repeat can be hung randomly without compromising its unity. Familiar yet surprising, Totem Damask epitomises Timorous Beasties’ radical approach to pattern. Digitally printed.
Sold as a 10 metre roll. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
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Tropical Clouded Leopard Superwide Wallpaper
£135.00

Journey into the jungle with this richly decorative wallpaper inspired by 19th-century natural historians, botanists and explorers. A reclining leopard takes centre stage in a scene of tropical splendour filled with exotic flora. The detailed pattern references the copperplate prints produced by the great scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian, while the design’s layered composition is created using the latest digital technologies.
Sold by the metre. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.