This spring, Penny Morrison has debuted three new collections:, featuring fresh reimaginations of new and old favorites. Her first collection, SAMARKAND, introduces five new wallpaper designs inspired by the journeys of textile merchants through the trading routes of Persia and Europe; the second, GRASSCLOTHS - VOLUME I, presents Penny's first collection of sisal wallcoverings; and her third, GARDEN, features some of Penny's most iconic designs, now printed on an impressive new ‘faux’ linen performance cloth.
Fragments of botanical prints, richly embroidered Ottoman wall hangings, Florentine pottery, and Jacobean embroidery together provided inspiration for Penny Morrison's new SAMARKAND COLLECTION. Steeped in the ancient trading routes of Europe and Persia, the collection presents five designs: Dominica, Little Begum, Little Suzani, Persian Poppy, and Vasari.
Originating from an antique bed canopy in Penny’s archive, this late eighteenth century Coromandel-inspired design features botanical drawings of pineapples and pomegranates in two new coloways: Red/Gold and Old Rose/Duck Egg. Both colorways have been printed on wide-width paper to complement and match the scale of Penny's Dominica fabric.
red/gold
old rose/duck egg
Little Begum presents a recreation of an historic old English embroidery style from the early eighteenth century. Three colorways have been painted with pale vines set on earthy ground shades of Garden Green, Teal, and Ochre, while a fourth shows the flowering vine in delicate shades of Delft Blue.
delft blue
teal
Drawn from the same Ottoman wall- hanging as the Little Suzani, Persian Poppy presents a stunning large-scale Suzani design, featuring highly stylized floral motifs, positioned in stately rows across the wall. The design is painted with a softly-textured and worn, patina effect, and set on pigment-washed grounds of bitter chocolate, earthy green, and antique teal.
chocolate
old green
GRASSCLOTH - VOLUME I introduces Penny Morrison’s first collection of sisal wallcoverings. Each of the six designs presents a subtle new take on some old favorites, including brand-new colorways of Penny's classic Jamawar, Dominica, and Gobi fabrics, while additional new colorways of Begum, Phoebe, and Vasari complete the elegant suite.
A grand floral vine, Begum has been recreated to coordinate with Penny Morrison’s Begum Pink fabric. Inspired by a piece of 18th century Jacobean English crewelwork and designed as a ‘tree of life,' this grasscloth version also includes a brand-new coloring of pretty Delft Blue - perfect for light spaces in need of delicate pattern.
original
delft blue
Inspired by an early seventeenth-century shawl fragment from Kashmir, Jamawar features rows of intricately painted teardrop motifs in the style of a classic Indian Paisley, set within a delicate floral trail. The grasscloth version is available in five jewel-like colorways: Indigo/Red, Old Gold, Rose/Green, Red/Spice, and Garden Green.
old gold
indigo/red
Produced in a single colorway to coordinate with the fabric of the same name, Phoebe is a modern take on a classic ‘tree of life’ printed chintz from the Coromandel Coast. The design features charming floral vignettes scattered around a central palm tree, with a vertical border running down both edges to create a unique panel effect.
If desired, the border can be trimmed by hand and removed so that the design repeats seamlessly across the width, thus creating an all-over pattern.
The new GARDEN COLLECTION has reprinted several favorites from Penny Morrison’s archive on an impressive new ‘faux’ linen performance cloth. Perfect for indoor and outdoor use, the material boasts high-performance credentials, including shower and stain resistance and a high degree of abrasion lightfastness.
One of Penny Morrison’s most loved designs, Gobi has been printed onto a brand new faux linen performance cloth suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. Originally inspired by an antique fragment of metallic embroidery from the 1700s, it is offered as a softly drawn, two-toned print in four refined colorways.
blue/yellow
garden green
A brand-new design, Petra Stripe is a charmingly printed pinstripe offered in three colorways of Blue, Garden Green, and Mocha. Printed with a subtle woven textured effect, the performance fabric is an ideal complement to the other designs in the collection, offering a gentle geometry against pattern and foliage.
blue
mocha