A REGAL TOUCH
Drawing on their extensive archive, Brintons has provided a bespoke carpet to complement a Grade II Georgian building in Bath.
Cleveland House is one of Bath’s most historic private Regency period properties. It has recently undergone a sympathetic restoration programme to transform it into a high-end residential property.
The refurbishment included fine quality woven carpets made by Brintons. The intricate design and graduating mauve-blue palette of which reflect the painstakingly restored decoration and subtle wall colours of the historic building.
All four floors of the house have undergone very little alteration since the building's inception and it was the intention of this project that all principal rooms should remain that way. Brintons worked closely with The Trevor Osborne Group, which specialises in building restoration, to create a carpet for the dining room based on the historical ceiling design. The carpet design is from the Georgian period, selected from the Brintons archive and created on Brintons’ High Definition weave looms which allows for a stunning photo realistic effect, offering up to 32 colours.
Senior creative designer at Brintons Jane Bradley-Bain comments: “We were asked to echo the design from the ceiling onto the floor and we were able to use elements from the Brintons vast archive of designs to do this.”
38 | FEATURE “The carpet was
required to complement and reflect the design of the
decorative ceiling.”
Brintons owns one of the world's largest commercial design archives and historical pattern libraries in the industry. Housed at the Kidderminster headquarters, the archive has become an invaluable and unique reference tool and point of true inspiration to the company’s clients and its own highly skilled design team.
The Brintons archive includes many hand-painted designs, artworks and sketches from 1790 to the present day, some from noted designers, which have historical as well as inspirational and modern application. The archive library provides a unique resource to designers, conservators, decorators and contractors worldwide.
Cleveland House was built by the Bathwick Estate in 1817 for the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, to a design by John Pinch the Elder – one of Bath's more prolific early 19th century architects.
It is a rare example of a Georgian office building and was restored as a fine house with a double storey high reception room, created from the boardroom as used in the early 19th century. This is one of Bath’s finest buildings with views across the listed Sydney Gardens towards the Holburne Museum.
Rob Moore, Development Manager, The Trevor Osborne Group says: “Brintons was commissioned to design and manufacture a bespoke feature carpet in the centre of the reception room. The carpet was required to complement and reflect the design of the decorative ceiling. Everyone at Brintons was very attentive during the design phases, we were provided with detailed digital images and samples in advance, which gave us the comfort that we required to ensure that the final carpet installation would be suitable in both design and colour.”
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