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Inspiration
Celebrating American folk art and design—mixing, matching, and reimagining vintage motifs for modern rooms. Our patterns incorporate elements from unique historical works of art in our extensive archive including, paintings, sculpture, collage and works on paper, textiles, and painted furniture.

American Fantasy
This design incorporates whimsical elements from several American Folk art cutwork pictures made around 1850. It gets its name from a famous layered cut paper collage on a contrasting royal blue background made by an unidentified artist. This picture was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1974 in the iconic exhibition, The Flowering of American Folk Art.



Filigree
This intricate cut paper picture was made as a gift for Julia Rush Williams in Philadelphia, circa 1836. The extraordinarily delicate and detailed cursive lettering and fine pin-pricked details remind us of lacework. Other examples of this artist’s work are in the American Folk Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.


Geo Ponti
We were inspired by the architectural composition and distinctive striped globes in this graphic and surprisingly modern watercolor, which was painted circa 1820. The result is our Geo Ponti textile design—a geometric pattern that reminds us of the work of mid-century Italian architect and designer, Gio Ponti (1891–1979)—so we named it for him!


Luna and Cutwork Stripe
Our Luna and Cutwork Stripe designs incorporate repeating elements of this extraordinary cut paper collage with pin prick detailing made circa 1830 by Pennsylvania German folk artist Samuel Bentz (1792–1850). The piece was once owned by modernist sculptor Elie Nadelman, and a similar example is in the Winterthur Museum.


TEte-A-TEte, Spring Fling, and Starburst
The inspiration for these patterns can be found in this spirited watercolor painted in 1834 by Mennonite school master Samuel Gottschall. Faces, flourishes, stripes, and stars are hidden in the picture—can you find them?
