De gournay wallpaper

Written by Creative Director at deVOL, Helen Parker, this post is all about a French company called De Gournay that specialises in luxury handpainted wallpapers for your home.

Hannah Cecil Gurney shows us around the home she shares with her sister, Rachel, in South Kensington. Of course, there are plenty of luxuriant wallcoverings.

Claud Cecil Gurney wrote his new book, de Gournay: Hand-Painted Interiors (Rizzoli), while at home in the Kent countryside, with his German Shepherd

Scenic Wallpaper has installed and restored many de Gournay Chinoiserie wallpapers, which include traditional handpainted florals, plants, animals, and exotic imaginary scenes.

Images courtesy of Rizzoli Books

From banana leaves to zebras, these graphic motifs have cemented their status as the stuff of design daydreams

Claud Cecil Gurney wrote his new book, de Gournay: Hand-Painted Interiors (Rizzoli), while at home in the Kent countryside, with his German Shepherd

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Capturing the hand-painted brilliance of de Gournay, a wallpaper house beloved by Kate Moss and Erdem, the book is a ravishing vision of haute décor.