Simon Houlding Upholstery
Taupe wallpaper with dense black-ink thistle scrolls and floral medallions

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Morris & Co.

Pure Thistle Black Ink

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Pure Thistle Black Ink sets densely drawn thistles, curling stems and stylised flower heads against a muted taupe ground. The near-black ink-blue pattern gives this colourway a cool, layered depth.

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About this wallpaper

The design is filled with scrolling foliage, pointed leaves, seed-head forms and rounded floral medallions, all rendered in dark ink blue against the softly greyed taupe background visible here. This strong contrast makes the 64 cm vertical repeat read as an immersive, formal botanical composition rather than a small-scale floral. The wallpaper has a listed usable width of 68.6 cm and a standard length of 10.05 m. Its stated weight is 191 gsm, while the horizontal repeat is listed as 0 cm.

How to use it

Use the cool taupe and black-ink palette to create a dramatic study, dining room or bedroom backdrop, balancing the dense pattern with plain upholstery in chalk, charcoal or warm natural linen tones.

The cool taupe ground and deep ink-blue foliage bring a composed, richly patterned finish to classic and contemporary rooms.

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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 Pure Thistle Black Ink without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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Serbelloni Platinum fabric

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Paint that goes with it

Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.

To sit quietly behind it

Dark Lead Colour

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To stand against it

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