House of Hackney
One of the fabric houses whose pattern books we keep at the workshop. Tell us the room and the piece, and we will bring the House of Hackney books to you.
- Founded
- 2011
- Where
- London, England
- Known for
- Bold botanical prints, made to order in Britain
About House of Hackney
House of Hackney was dreamed up in a London townhouse in 2011 by Frieda Gormley and Javvy M Royle, a husband and wife team, and has grown into a family of artists, designers, producers and collaborators. Its headquarters, flagship and store are at St Michael's Clergy House in Hackney, with a second showroom in the New York Design Center.
William Morris is the brand's stated design hero, and it follows him in wanting things that are both beautiful and useful. It is a certified B Corp, and has given Mother Nature and Future Generations seats on its board of directors. Most of the range is made to order to reduce waste, using FSC certified timber for wallpaper and furniture, organically grown cotton and recycled materials in many of the fabrics, and responsibly sourced traceable wool. Its carpets, rugs and stair runners are made with Axminster Carpets.
The company calls its pieces future heirlooms, made in Britain by craftspeople in generations-old trades, which is a description we recognise.
Made to order suits reupholstery well. If a print is being woven or printed for your piece anyway, the extra fortnight buys a cloth nobody else in the road has.
Sources, checked in July 2026: houseofhackney.com/pages/our-story
Where we use it.
Not in the digital library, in the room.
We hold this house in the pattern-book room rather than in the online finder, which covers the collections whose swatches we hold. Come and turn the pages, or tell us the room and we will bring the books to you.
Houses that sit well beside it.
- LibertyLiberty prints and Tana Lawn cotton, from a 60,000 piece archive
- Morris & Co1,166 fabrics in the library
Bring the room, we will bring the books.
Send a photograph and a rough size and we will reply with a personal quote, using an average price fabric.