With the widening of my focus to include interior design, I
am proud to say that I have found the Charles James of wall coverings or the
haute couture of interior design. The
brand is FROMENTAL, the product is sublime and really beyond my writing abilities
as no matter how I try, I will never fully do the product justice.
In all my years I have never quite been exposed to this
degree of handwork other than when it takes the form of an item of wearing
apparel. Fromental has shown me that
there is indeed an haute couture element when it comes to the world of
interiors. The company bills itself as
wallpaper but then that would like saying a Christian Lacroix Haute Couture
gown is a mere dress. The crux of the
brand is that this is all about made by hand, not hand screened, but hand
painted, hand embroidered, and on silk and then backed with paper and most of
the time with Asian influences but not limited to. The quality of the embroidery and hand
painting is excruciatingly beautiful especially when the embroidery work takes the
form of “crewel” type embroidery with all the nuances of color and shading… do
not think Grandma’s crewel pillows.
Just to reinforce to you just how amazing this “paper” is,
one must keep in mind that this is not sold by the single or double roll but by
the size of the walls and that this “art” cannot be “hung” by Joe the paper
hanger but MUST be transferred to the walls by artisans and craftsmen who can
literally guarantee that not a spot of glue ever sees the face of the paper.
I hope that the slideshow will be able do some justice to
this astonishingly exquisite “wall paper.”
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