This mid 15th century forest design was discovered in a house in Halifax in 1901. Unfortunately the house fell into ruin shortly afterwards and the painting was lost forever. The scene depicts a forest floor richly studded with clusters of small flowers. In amongst the trees are creatures modelled on those found in the popular medieval bestiaries. This style of wall painting, reminiscent of tapestries, was found all over Britain. The design is now available printed on luxurious velvet (shown on sofa) and on linen.

Melissa White is a mural artist specialising in Elizabethan painted decoration. Our Elizabethan ancestors employed local craftsmen to brightly decorate their homes with beautiful hand painted designs. Most of these paintings have been lost over the years but fortunately some survive today, often discovered during renovations or behind panelling in vernacular buildings.

Melissa and her creative partner, David Cutmore, an expert in Elizabethan wallpainting, have reproduced these stunning designs for many private clients as well as for public buildings such as Shakespeare’s Birthplace and several museums across the UK. From their workshop in Hastings on the Sussex coast they make and distress fresco secco paintings and paint luxurious linen cloths on large stretcher frames, recreating the magnificent patterns of the Tudor age.

The resulting collection is a rich mix of pattern, texture, prints and embroideries that will bring a small piece of English history to your home. Whether you live in a period house or a modern apartment these designs offer either striking drama or subtle effects. For the first time, Zoffany have digitally printed three of the fabric designs and one of the wallpapers 137cm wide to show the full effect of the original’s scale and richness of colour.

“Most of the designs in this Collection were buried treasures, lying dormant for over 400 years” Melissa White

“Most of the designs in this Collection were buried treasures, lying dormant for over 400 years” Melissa White

Melissa and David created the artwork for the Arden collection on large plastered canvases with the same techniques used for their private commissions and each hand-painted art-work has been engraved to retain the hand crafted appearance of the originals.

left background & foreground wallpaper verdure TapesTry green 310431 rolls from lefT merchanT house sTripe green 310461, sussex sprig

sandsTone 310453, filigree norsk blue 310447, saffron walden border charcoal 310439, mille fleurs silver 310442, fairfax silver 310450, saffron walden

Tracery charcoal 310483 right hangings from lefT arden red 320478, verdure TapesTry green (wallpaper) 310431, saffron walden gold 320487,

verdure TapesTry green (fabric) 320465 sofa arden red 320478 fooTsTool glyndebourne pewTer gly01029 wiTh cord Trim in ciTrus Tmg08015 cushions

saffron walden, gold 320487, zoffany linen slaTe lin01013 large cushion verdure lead blue 320464

Sofa Saffron Walden charcoal 320485 curtainS canterbury geSSo 320474 cuShionS on Sofa from left zoffany linen linden lin01024,

glyndebourne PeWter gly01029, arden PeWter 320475, Saffron Walden gold 320487, zoffany linen mole lin01001 With PiPing and button in

glyndebourne PeWter gly01029 footStool glyndebourne PeWter gly01029 With cord trim in citruS tmg08015 Painted WallS dove

The house in Canterbury where this Elizabethan multivine was discovered was demolished long ago but the painted wall was rescued and, following restoration, put on view in the Museum of Canterbury in 2010. This multivine design is laden with symbolism and features local fruit and flowers (shown on curtains left).

Discovered in 1924 in the market town of Saffron Walden, Essex, this striking Elizabethan design is a good example of what was known as “antickework”; black scrolling designs on a white background. This type of design, seen in many variations, was probably the most fashionable style of the Elizabethan era. Saffron Walden is printed as a wallpaper and border and on rustic linen (shown on sofa left and wallpaper above).

right wallpaper saffron walden

Tracery charcoal 310483 border in

saffron walden charcoal 310439

chairs mica ivory mic01001 piped

in zoffany linen sooT lin01029

cushions from lefT saffron walden

gold 320487, saffron walden

charcoal 320485, glyndebourne

ivory gly01024 wiTh Tassel & bead

fringe in charcoal Tmg05007

This extremely rare wall painting can still be seen in The Merchant’s House in Marlborough built in the mid-17th century by Thomas Bayly, a silk merchant. The design appears in the dining room and probably represents a striped silk. Printed on wide width wallpaper it looks stunning hung vertically or horizontally (shown this page and far right).

WallPaPer merchant houSe StriPe green

310461 cuShionS glyndebourne dark

blue vel02011, verdure taPeStry green

320465 With taSSel & bead fringe teal

tmg05006 Painted WoodWork linen

1. The dining room in The merchanT’s house in marlborough, wilTshire, provided The inspiraTion for The design merchanT house sTripe. iT was painTed wiTh verTical sTripes in

bands 14” wide over a dark green background spaced equally around The room from floor To ceiling and covering even The doors. The design, daTing from 1665 was hidden

for cenTuries and re-discovered in 1991 is believed To be unique in This counTry. iT was probably inspired by silk wall-hangings imporTed by Thomas bayly from The neTherlands.

2. a deTail of The painTed wall and door in The dining room in The merchanT’s house. 3 & 4. deTails of The painTed canvas lining The walls in The bedroom aT owlpen manor. 5.

The bedroom aT owlpen manor in The coTswolds feaTures a 17Th cenTury painTed cloTh. This example is very similar in sTyle To ThaT which inspired The design verdure (shown

overleaf) right wallpaper merchanT house sTripe norsk blue 310462 cushions mille fleurs norsk blue 330482, glyndebourne dark blue vel02011 painTed woodwork linen

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This design is based on a late 17th century painted cloth. At the peak of their popularity these “stayned” linen cloths were nailed on walls, floor to ceiling around entire rooms. Very few survive due to their fragile nature. The subject matter included religious themes, hunting scenes or pictorial scenes such as this lush pastoral landscape. Verdure has been digitally printed onto 137 cms wide wallpaper and is also available printed on 100% linen.wallpaper verdure TapesTry green 310431

Mille Fleurs, meaning a thousand flowers, is one of the most beautiful examples of wall painting in Melissa & David’s archive. It appears to represent silk hangings with gold thread. You can see a replica of this design painted by Melissa and David in Shakespeare’s Birthplace Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is now printed on wide width wallpaper and is also available as a beautiful embroidered fabric (shown below).

painTed woodwork prussian above wallpaper mille fleurs silver 310442 wall panel mille fleurs charcoal 330481

wiTh border in zoffany linen pineapple lin01004 cushions knole spangle bedroom cream nTf06001, mille fleurs

charcoal 330481 painTed woodwork chalk right wallpaper fairfax silver 310450 painTed woodwork silver

“My hope is that the Arden Collection will celebrate a forgotten moment in history, revealing how the interiors of ordinary folk were decorated.” Melissa White

This Renaissance design is taken from a rare block printed fabric and very little is known of its origin. It has been printed to imitate the worn effect of the original.

“My hope is that the Arden Collection will celebrate a forgotten moment in history, revealing how the interiors of ordinary folk were decorated.” Melissa White

Cinquefoils is a design steeped in ancient history. The Cinquefoils motif, a derivation of the classical acanthus leaf, has taken many forms over the years. This linen print captures the transparency of Melissa’s painted canvas perfectly. A small sprig motif from the design has been used in the co-ordinating wallpaper, Sussex Sprig (both shown opposite).

As individuals prospered, they could afford to install oak panelling in their homes. In the 16th century it was fashionable to paint over the oak and apply designs such as this gilded filigree motif. Filigree is printed by rotary screen with a badger brush which creates a random stripe (shown below).

curtain cinquefoilS Stone 320469

WallPaPer SuSSex SPrig SandStone 310453

cuShion zoffany linen Slate lin01013

With reverSe in zoffany linen carmine

lin01021 Painted WoodWork chalk

left WallPaPer filigree norSk blue

310447 curtain glyndebourne dark blue

vel02011 floor cuShion mille fleurS

norSk blue 330482 backed in zoffany

linen Silver lin01028 Painted WallS norSk

blue Painted WoodWork linen

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