Vintage View: Classic flower power is in full bloom again

Many of the patterns we enjoy today were once archived by great fabric houses in the early 1900s before being reseeded in new collections

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022 - 10:47

Kya deLongchamps

FLOWERS and colour-drenched botanical themes have ornamented our interiors for centuries, and every spring they push through as determined perennials in fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, throws and even vast murals blossoming out of feature walls.

Many of the patterns we enjoy today were once archived by great fabric houses in the early 1900s before being reseeded in new collections. Others were scouted by young designers into the mid-century from scraps of classic chintz, damask, ditsies and paisleys.