Simon Houlding Upholstery
Blue-grey wallpaper border with ivory scrolling foliage, flowers and grape clusters

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Morris & Co.

St Johns Border River Wandle

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St Johns Border River Wandle is a narrow wallpaper border in a softly weathered blue-grey, animated by ivory scrolling leaves, flowers and grape clusters. The cool ground gives the traditional botanical drawing a calm, quietly graphic presence.

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About this fabric

The border has a 15 cm usable width and a standard length of 10 m, making its long horizontal format central to the design. Against the blue-grey ground, ivory foliage curls around stylised blooms and clustered grapes, while fine horizontal lines add subtle texture beneath the artwork. Its pattern repeat is 25 cm horizontally and 0 cm vertically, reflecting the continuous band construction. With a listed weight of 130 gsm, it is specified as a lightweight wallpaper border rather than an upholstery or drapery material.

How to use it

Use the cool blue-grey and ivory palette to frame a dado, cornice or doorway, particularly alongside soft white, chalky grey or weathered timber. Its 15 cm height can provide a precise botanical accent without overwhelming a plain wall.

A refined 15 cm border for adding a cool blue-grey botanical accent above dado height, around a room or beneath a cornice.

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