Deep espresso wallpaper with copper chinoiserie figures, pagodas, birds and trees

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Black Edition

Isenzo Wallcovering Tonka

Isenzo Wallcovering Tonka places finely drawn chinoiserie scenes against a deep espresso-brown ground. Copper-bronze details emerge through the shadowed surface, giving the design an atmospheric, timeworn glow.

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About this wallpaper

This wallpaper shows an expansive chinoiserie composition of pagodas, figures, foliage, birds and branching trees, rendered in fine coppery linework. The Tonka colourway is notably dark and warm, sitting between smoked brown and near-black rather than reading as a flat black. Distressed horizontal marks and softly rubbed areas break up the ground, while the metallic-looking artwork catches the light in delicate flashes. As a wallcovering, it brings a dramatic, luxe character to the room without losing the intricacy of the illustrated scene.

How to use it

Use Tonka on a feature wall in a library, dining room or intimate bedroom, where its espresso depth can sit comfortably with dark cabinetry and warm brass. Balance the detailed copper-bronze imagery with quiet linen, aged timber and low, directional lighting.

Pair the dark Tonka ground with antique brass, smoked glass and warm timber for a richly atmospheric interior.

Black Edition Istoria Wallcoverings Wallpaper

Specification

Pattern repeat: Vertical, Half Drop
Style: Figurative
Application: Paste the Wall
Co-ordinating wallcovering: The silk-like background of this design is the Sieta Tinto Wallcovering, which can be used as a coordinating plain to the Isenzo Wallcovering. W952/06, W952/01, W952/02, W952/05 Sieta Tinto Wallcovering.
Product type: Metallic (WallCoverings)
Roll length: 7.3 Metres (8.0 Yards)
Roll width: 90 cms (35.4 ")
Sample size: 31cm x 21cm

Specification as published by Black Edition. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Isenzo Wallcovering Tonka without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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Misc

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