Contemporary wallpaper TESPI : RIALTO STRIPE

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The Tespi collection transports you to a place where the grandeur of Venice in bygone days meets the charm of Umbria, offering exquisitely sumptuous, yet contemporary, chic fabrics. The collection is inspired by the creative legacy of Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish designer of stage, costume, textiles and fashion, who made the city of Venice his home. His work spans the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Century and was influenced by Italian renaissance design. Based on antique brocades, damasks, velvets and paisleys found in the Zoffany archive, the designs were then re-worked by the design studio using contemporary techniques such as printing on foil and digital printing to capture the spirit of the original textiles. The Collection is complemented by the luxurious Tespi Prints, Weaves and Embroideries. Originally created using gold leaf flakes on coloured backgrounds, this wallpaper has been printed with foil on gravure with layers of gold ink overprinted with transparent colour and opaque inks to recreate the lustre of the original designs. Conceived by Peter Gomez in the Zoffany studio, this design was given as a project to the winner of the Zoffany Wallpaper Award for the Camac* student wallpaper design competition Rachel Parker, who executed it beautifully.Recommended Paste Zoffany Black Lid Ready Mixed Tub Paste