Muted Old Blue wallpaper with painted birds, leafy branches and bamboo-like foliage

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Colefax and Fowler

Ashdown Wallpaper Old Blue

Name: Ashdown Wallpaper Old Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: W7021-01

Ashdown Wallpaper Old Blue places painted birds, butterflies and leafy branches across a cool, muted blue-grey ground. The softly faded colour gives the detailed scene a calm, timeworn character.

muted blue-grey botanical large formal wallpaper

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About this fabric

The Old Blue background reads as a gentle blue-grey with a slightly green cast, allowing the olive, sage and deeper green leaves to sit naturally across the surface. Small birds add concentrated colour, including a vivid blue bird low in the design and a warmer rust-and-yellow bird perched on an upper branch. Fine bamboo-like leaves, butterflies and curling branches create a richly layered botanical scene with plenty of open ground between the motifs. This wallpaper is specified as 100% non-woven, with an approximate vertical repeat of 97cm and horizontal repeat of 68.5cm.

How to use it

Use this cool blue-grey colourway across a bedroom, study or dining room where its green foliage and jewel-like birds can be balanced with warm timber, aged brass and soft natural textiles.

Use this cool Old Blue ground to bring layered botanical detail and softly traditional colour to a room.

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