Inspiration for the kitchen and your dining room

This design is based on small painted sections of Chinese wallpaper found on the Kingston Lacy estate in Dorset. Little is known about these fragments and it is unclear whether the pattern was actually used in the house itself. Imported Chinese wallpaper was extremely popular in stately homes in the 19th century, and upholsterers cut out individual elements and placed them side by side on panels to give the wallpaper a panoramic appearance. It is quite possible that the fragments found were left over from this process. This design has been transformed into a repeating pattern for modern interiors.

Matching colors would be:

Air Force Blue 260

China Clay 1

A vibrant, captivating design featuring eye-catching birds and delicate floral motifs. The slightly raised pattern with richly gilded details was originally intended to imitate stamped leather in appearance. Based on early 18th century French fabrics and decor, the wallpaper with fields, scrolls and crosshatching was found at Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire. This elegant Victorian mansion was built between 1861 and 1863. It was privately owned until 1990 and served as a residential building. The wallpaper was clearly popular with the family; Unusually, it was used in the opposite color combination in both the library and the breakfast room and can still be seen there today.

A suitable color would be:

Marine Blue 95

This attractive floral wallpaper was found at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk and is one of the estate's most interesting wallpapers. The location is curious because the wallpaper comes from an attic that was probably a former staff room - an unusual place to hang artistic wallpaper. The wallpaper was probably made using the wood block printing process and the original features a painted weave at the top of the pattern, reminiscent of damask furniture.

Matching colors would be:

Trumpet 196

Mid Azure Green 96

Green Stone Pale 155

This 19th-century monochrome print of a forest with deer on English linen is much less formal than the typical Toile de Jouy designs that emerged in France in the late 18th century.

Matching colors would be:

Chocolate Color 124

Rolling Fog 143

And as an accent color for example:

Mambo 112

A highlight of Claydon House in Buckinghamshire is the Chinese Room, widely regarded as the finest surviving example of Chinoiserie in Britain. Travel and international trade led to an obsession with Asia in the 18th century and inspired the popular new ritual of tea drinking. For generations, the Verney family used the Chinese Room as a private sitting room and took tea here with their guests, including Florence Nightingale, sister of the 19th century owner Lady Verney. She visited regularly and eventually had some rooms of her own in Claydon House, where she wrote her important work on nursing.