Paying homage to decorative traditions, the new Lattice and Mosaic wallpaper collections from Calico were designed in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Francesca DiMattio, the Brooklyn-based talent known for her unique painterly style and ceramic sculptures that are informed by architecture, design, culture and history.
With the Lattice and Mosaic wallpaper collections from Calico, the artist applied her layered approach to create patterns that reinterpret and deconstruct time-honoured traditions into immersive wallcoverings.
Reimagining the delicate floral motifs that adorned 18th-century Sèvres porcelain on a large scale, the Lattice wallpaper is a “sweeping declaration of pattern and femininity with a fierce, confident voice.” To conceive of the design, DiMattio started by sketching the floral motifs found on a dainty teacup and period plates.
Combining soft roses, lilies and forget-me-nots, the Lattice wallpaper pattern expands the namesake trellis design in an almost abstract way, with the flowers framed within differently sized voids. The effect is one that transforms an ornamental accent into a contemporary statement. The Lattice wallpaper from Calico is available in seven colourways: Bleu, Canary, Celadon, Lacquer, Rose, Sage and Turquoise.
Described as a “meditation on memory, material and illusion,” the Mosaic wallpaper features a pattern that applies a modern lens to ancient surfaces. Beginning with a series of hand-painted florals, DiMattio softened the effect with a wash of paint that symbolizes the erosion of time.
Set on a loosely-painted grid, which lends the wallpaper the look of aged tile, complete with faux grout lines, Mosaic from Calico positions vignettes of animals, blossoms and fragments of the natural world in the foreground. The Mosaic wallpaper is available in seven colourways: Fresco, Gild, Lazuli, Tarnish, Terrene, Tessera and Vestige.
Both the Lattice and Mosaic wallpaper from Calico are printed on clay-coated paper and are suitable for application in residential and commercial settings.
