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Nicolette Mayer
Royal Delft Flora & Fauna is inspired by the iconic Dutch tulips associated with stately Royal Delft Tulipieres. Tulips were in cultivation since the 13th century, but only really became a passion of collectors among aristocrats in the 1600s’ when Turkish traders introduced them to the Dutch. The tulip craze in the 17th century became so fevered that the bulbs were traded as currency, and theft of the flowers triggered harsh penalties. Mixed with simple wildflowers and scattered in all directions, Flora & Fauna is considered a symbol of happiness and joie de vivre! Flora & Fauna pays homage to artist Vittorio Accornero, whose ‘Giardini di seta’ works for Gucci inspired a generation.
Royal Delft Tiles are famous symbols of Royal Delft, the city of Delft, the country of Holland, the iconography of ships and flowers and windmills, and of the love of ‘blue and white’ cultures everywhere. This pattern is inspired by all those who love blue and white. The soothing tones of Portugal, China, Holland, Sweden, and many more. The perfect imperfections of tiles, each collected and beloved now can go hand-in-hand with the wallpaper that collects some of these together. Add to your collection of new tiles with antique tiles you discover in little antique shops and alleyway markets. Mix fabric and wallpaper with actual tiles for a layered, textured bathroom, bedroom, or kitchen. It is a dream to work together with the artists at Royal Delft to bring the iconic looks made famous over 400 years of porcelain creation to new categories of wallpaper and fabric.
Royal Delft Heritage is a tossed floral pattern that we designed, inspired by many of the signature elements of Royal Delft’s master painting techniques: leaves, chrysanthemums, and branches. These small elements together work as an all-over floral in crisp blue and white in a manner that is timeless and a reminder of how brief life can be. Scattered in all directions, the symbolic chrysanthemums have a provenance originally cultivated in China. The chrysanthemums made their way to Japan by Buddhist monks in 400AD. Soon after their introduction, the Japanese were so enamored with the beautiful flowers that they were soon adopted as the Emperor’s crest and official seal. ‘Kiku’ is the Japanese word for chrysanthemum, and every year there is a National Chrysanthemum Day, which is referred to as ‘the festival of happiness.’ the chrysanthemum, as painted by Royal Delft master artists in Delft blue, is known as a symbol of peace and tranquility.
The provenance of Royal Delft “William & Mary” is the commission in the 1600s of thematic tile plaques (manufactured in Delft) based on a design by Daniel Marot, who worked as a principal designer to William of Orange and also worked at William and Mary’s court in England and who may have played a pivotal role in furnishing and decorating the Water Gallery at Hampton court palace. A blue Delft vase is within a three-lobed ornament or trefoil surrounded by a cartouche with large curling acanthus leaves and flowers. Filled with diamond ornament on either side of the trefoil, a bird sits on the cartouche. Delft tiles were often used to seal damp walls from moisture and as Stadholder of Holland and King of England, William III decided to tile the walls on the Thames-side rooms to keep out the dampness with exceptionally beautiful glazed tiles. The project was never completed, as Mary died in 1694, and the rooms were demolished as early as 1700. The plaques sold piece by piece and disappeared, only resurfacing in 1923 when an art dealer put ten for sale. They are now housed at various museums, including the Metropolitan Museum, Rijksmuseum, Default, Cophenhagen, and Sevres. With reverence for the originals and equal parts artistic license, we carefully resorted their beauty on a new medium.
Royal Delft Masters is inspired by the work of one of Royal Delft’s master artists, with beautiful flowers, leaves, blossoms, and other Royal Delft elements floating in an ephemeral, peaceful space. This particular ‘hand’ is by a master artist who painted the original artwork entirely by hand in black on white paper, which was then reinterpreted by our own artists, with the aspects combined and colored and put into repeat as an incredible wallpaper pattern. The training required to become a Royal Delft master painter, according to a centuries-old tradition, lasts about one year. After four or five years, he or she will have mastered all of the various Delft blue techniques. The total training to become a master painter takes about ten years. The master painters paint custom-made orders and the more complicated decoration techniques, such as this one. It is a dream to work together with the artists at Royal Delft to bring the iconic looks made famous over 400 years of porcelain creation to new categories of wallpaper and fabric.
