The Patina Collection in collaboration with David Easton
African Modernist, Art Deco and Naturalistic patterns with bizarre twists - the second wallpaper collection in collaboration with David Easton, internationally recognized interior designer and architectural historian, is inspired by a series of global 'grand tours', reflecting a pastiche of historic design styles.

David Easton and Karen Beauchamp, Design Director of Cole's, both trained as architects and have a unique creative empathy reflected in the Patina Collection. While some of the 14 designs are vintage, taken from the Cole's archive, revamped and coloured for a transitional feel, most designs are entirely new. The collection reintroduces the process first developed by John Perry, founder of Cole & Son in 1873, using mica as a ground coat to simulate satin. Colour blends are wonderfully unexpected from copper, silver and bronze metallics to harebell blue and cyclamen pink.

Exotic Flock Meets Black & White

Flock comes storming back, elbowing mousy papers into the shadows.  Like an overblown flower in the buttonhole of a grey flannel suit, a plume on a bearskin or a tropical bird flying across a sultry sky, the designs and colours of the Exotic Flock Collection enliven the shyest interior and excite the jaded eye.

Black is back to the wall - time to accentuate the positive with this exercise in monochrome. Here's a group of papers which  needs no colour.  The drama of each design is played out in shades of black and white.  Like a vintage snap or a silent film the high definition commands attention.  These Black & White designs will become a quintessential addition to Cole's Classix Collection.

Classix Collection

Cole's have selected their most popular hand printed designs in a collection entitled Classix.  These include Butterflies & Dragonflies, Malabar, Rajapur, the Woods, Cow Parsley, Palm Leaves, Flamingos and Orchid from the New Contemporary Collection; Woods and  Elizabethan  in Optimum inks; new flocks on foil Haddon Hall, Bamboo and Damask; and other Cole's classics including Dorset Flock and Paradise Tree.

New Contemporary Two Collection
Following the phenomenal reception to the New Contemporary Collection, Cole's now present more stunning 20^th century designs from their extensive archives along with brand new designs from Cole's Design Studio in the sequel, New Contemporary Two.  Machine printing, awe-inspiring colours and the use of foils ensure the designs in New Contemporary Two are as 'cutting edge' in 2005 as the originals in the 1950s and 1960s.

Metallic Collection

A Futuristic feel eminates from contemporary adaptations of historic archive designs from the 18th to the mid-20th century. The collection features new techniques and materials from hand gilded papers using painted copper and silver leaf to sumptuous flocks on foil and shimmering shades from use of optical inks. Also included, 100% Design Damask, created specially by Cole’s for the 2004 100% Design show.

Waldorf Collection

Draws inspiration from some of the 20th century’s most iconic architectural, botanical and surface designs and is the result of a unique collaboration between historic British wallpaper company, Cole & Son, and the American Royal Oak Foundation.

Keen to take a fresh look at tradition, the collection evokes the glamorous decades of the 1920’s, 1930’s, 1940’s and 1960’s, and demonstrates the strong American design influences of each period. Comprising metallic foils, both textured and distressed, and also papers, the designs are extremely versatile. The metallic effects play with light, adding drama to large rooms and enhancing shaded corners. Whether used on a whole room or adding definition to one wall, a ceiling or a niche the result is stunning.

Contemporary Collection

A cutting edge Collection taking everyone by storm. Available in hand printed or machine printed ranges. Some designs also now available in metallic's.

(Click here to view a short multimedia presentation about the collection)