Textiles & Wallpaper Jacobean Design
The meeting of Victorian England and India.
An inexhaustible source of inspiration, endowed with an ornamental vocabulary of flowers, birds, the tree of life, and decorative leaves, the Jacobean style permeates some of our creations. Initially an architectural style, it succeeded the Elizabethan style, from which it retained the influence of the Italian Renaissance.
Popular in 17th-century England, it originated from Flemish tapestries and Indian and palampore fabrics imported from the Orient by the English East India Trading Company.
The fluid, undulating plant motifs of Indian inspiration were reinterpreted in Western decorative arts and continued into the 19th century thanks to the Arts and Crafts movement.
Today, they remain an essential classic element of contemporary design.
