Twenty-eight brand guides to wallpaper — heritage houses, hand-painters and digital printers — and where each paper is made.
Wallpaper brands range from hand-woodblock printers to digital print houses, and where a paper is made is often central to its story. These guides set it out, with honest caveats where the record is thin.
Printed where?
Zuber prints hand-woodblock scenic wallpaper in Rixheim; Farrow & Ball prints wallpaper with paint in Wimborne; Cole & Son prints in England; Boråstapeter, Sweden’s oldest wallpaper maker, prints in Borås; and Erfurt, which invented woodchip wallpaper, makes it in Wuppertal. Hand-painted papers travel further: de Gournay paints in its China atelier, and Gracie, America’s oldest hand-painted wallpaper house, paints in China and New York.
How to use these guides
Each guide covers a brand’s visual identity — its pattern, palette and process — as design commentary, and notes where facts could not be fully confirmed. The table at the end gathers the essentials.
Wallpaper, part 1
Zuber, Farrow & Ball, Boråstapeter, Flavor Paper, Rasch, Eijffinger and Wall&decò.
- Zuber — The Alsace house’s hand-woodblock scenic wallpaper, printed in Rixheim, with honest caveats.
- Farrow & Ball — The Dorset maker’s wallpaper printed with paint, in Wimborne, with honest caveats.
- Boråstapeter — Sweden’s oldest wallpaper maker, machine-printed in Borås, with honest caveats.
- Flavor Paper — The Brooklyn studio’s hand-screened wallpaper, with honest caveats.
- Rasch — The Bramsche house’s German machine wallpaper, with honest caveats.
- Eijffinger — The Dutch design house’s wallpaper, produced in the Netherlands, with honest caveats.
- Wall&decò — The Cervia house’s digitally printed Italian wallpaper, with honest caveats.
Wallpaper, part 2
Cole & Son, Sandberg, NLXL, Isidore Leroy, Calico, Marburg and Londonart.
- Cole & Son — The London house’s archive-driven wallpaper, printed in England, with honest caveats.
- Sandberg — The Swedish house’s hand-painted wallpaper, designed and printed in Sweden, with honest caveats.
- NLXL — The Dutch house’s designer-collaboration wallpaper, with honest caveats.
- Isidore Leroy — The revived French house’s panoramic wallpaper, printed in France, with honest caveats.
- Calico Wallpaper — The Brooklyn studio’s hand-marbled custom murals, with honest caveats.
- Marburg — The German house’s designer machine wallpaper, made in Kirchhain, with honest caveats.
- Londonart — The Italian house’s art-led digital wallpaper, made in Italy, with honest caveats.
Wallpaper, part 3
Little Greene, Rebel Walls, Phillip Jeffries, Inkiostro Bianco, Arte, Erfurt and Publisher Textiles.
- Little Greene — The English house’s wallpaper on sustainable paper, made in Britain, with honest caveats.
- Rebel Walls — The Swedish house’s made-to-measure non-woven murals, printed in Sweden, with honest caveats.
- Phillip Jeffries — The New Jersey house’s natural-fibre wallcoverings, with honest sourcing caveats.
- Inkiostro Bianco — The Italian house’s wallpaper on unexpected substrates, made in Italy, with honest caveats.
- Arte — The Belgian house’s natural-material wallcoverings, made in Belgium, with honest caveats.
- Erfurt — The German house that invented woodchip wallpaper, made in Wuppertal, with honest caveats.
- Publisher Textiles — The Sydney studio’s hand-screen-printed wallpaper, made in Australia, with honest caveats.
Hand-painted and panoramic
de Gournay, Gracie, Omexco, Coordonné, Ananbô, Milton & King and Sangetsu.
- de Gournay — The London house’s hand-painted wallpaper, painted in its China atelier, with honest caveats.
- Gracie — America’s oldest hand-painted wallpaper house, painted in China and New York, with honest caveats.
- Omexco — The Belgian house’s textural wallcoverings, made in Belgium and beyond, with honest caveats.
- Coordonné — The Catalan house’s designer wallpaper, genuinely made in Spain, with honest caveats.
- Ananbô — The French house’s panoramic wallpaper, printed in Bordeaux from hand-painted originals, with honest caveats.
- Milton & King — The Australian house’s on-demand wallpaper, printed regionally, with honest caveats.
- Sangetsu — Japan’s largest wallcovering house, a fabless planner, with honest caveats.
At a glance: founding, base and signature
Taken from each guide’s fact panel. Follow the link for detail and caveats.
| Brand | Founded | Based | Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ananbô | 2008 (France) | Génissac · printed in Bordeaux | French panoramic wallpaper |
| Arte | 1981 (Belgium) | Zonhoven, Belgium | Natural-material wallcoverings |
| Boråstapeter | 1905 (Sweden) | Borås, Sweden | Swedish machine-printed wallpaper |
| Calico Wallpaper | 2013 (USA) | Brooklyn, New York | Hand-marbled custom murals |
| Cole & Son | 1875 (England) | London · printed Loughborough | Archive-driven English wallpaper |
| Coordonné | 1978 (Spain) | Barcelona · made in Spain | Spanish designer wallpaper |
| de Gournay | 1986 (England) | London · painted in China | Hand-painted chinoiserie wallpaper |
| Eijffinger | 1875 (Netherlands) | Zoetermeer, NL | Dutch design wallpaper |
| Erfurt | 1827 (Germany) | Wuppertal, Germany | Woodchip wood-fibre wallpaper |
| Farrow & Ball | 1946 (England) | Wimborne, Dorset | Wallpaper printed with paint |
| Flavor Paper | 2003 (USA) | Brooklyn, New York | Hand-screened American wallpaper |
| Gracie | 1898 (USA) | New York · China & NY studios | Hand-painted chinoiserie wallpaper |
| Inkiostro Bianco | 2013 (Italy) | Fiorano Modenese, Italy | Digital art on materials |
| Isidore Leroy | 1842 (France) | France · printed in France | Revived French heritage wallpaper |
| Little Greene | c.1996 (England) | Manchester · made in Britain | Sustainable British paper |
| Londonart | 2011 (Italy) | Veneto, Italy | Italian art-led digital wallpaper |
| Marburg | 1845 (Germany) | Kirchhain, Germany | German designer machine wallpaper |
| Milton & King | 2012 (Australia) | Australian-founded · printed regionally | On-demand digital wallpaper |
| NLXL | 2010 (Netherlands) | Netherlands-based | Designer-collaboration wallpaper |
| Omexco | 1976 (Belgium) | Heverlee · Belgian mill + partners | Textural Belgian wallcoverings |
| Phillip Jeffries | 1976 (USA) | Fairfield, NJ · fibres woven abroad | Natural-fibre wallcoverings |
| Publisher Textiles | c.2002 (Australia) | Sydney, Australia | Hand-screen-printed wallpaper |
| Rasch | 1861 (Germany) | Bramsche, Germany | German designer machine wallpaper |
| Rebel Walls | 2012 (Sweden) | Borås, Sweden | Made-to-measure non-woven murals |
| Sandberg | 1976 (Sweden) | Borås, Sweden | Hand-painted Swedish wallpaper |
| Sangetsu | 1849 (Japan) | Nagoya · planned in Japan | Japan’s wallcovering planner |
| Wall&decò | 2005 (Italy) | Cervia, Italy | Italian digital wallpaper |
| Zuber | 1797 (France) | Rixheim, France | Hand-woodblock scenic wallpaper |
Frequently asked questions
Where is de Gournay wallpaper painted?
In its atelier in China, according to our guide.
Who invented woodchip wallpaper?
Erfurt, according to our guide, which makes it in Wuppertal.
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