FOCUS ON CARPETS, RUGS & ACCESSORIES A Lovely
Twist on a Classic
When a well-known interior design pair needed a new look for their own home, Brintons’ design archive
was called upon to create a Victorian carpet with a modern twist.
Interior design duo Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead, the 2 Lovely Gays, commissioned Brintons to create a period inspired carpet for the bedroom, stairs and corridors in their Victorian South London home.
Searching through the Brintons vast carpet archive, which dates back to 1790, the designers worked with Britons’ archivist Yvonne Smith to select a design that fitted the Victorian era of the house. Jordan and Russell have always been fans of decorative and patterned carpet and Brintons, with one of the world's largest commercial design and historical pattern libraries in the industry, was their natural starting point.
The carpet chosen was a Victorian floral design from the Brintons archive, recoloured to fit their contemporary colour scheme and manufactured using the High Definition Weave looms that can weave up to 32 colours at any one time.
Yvonne Smith explained: “Jordan and Russell wanted a design that was authentic to the period of the property. I looked at what was popular on the floors in the Victorian era and picked up on the floral trend. As designers they wanted to give the design their twist and we recoloured the original design to tonal blues which gave the pattern a renewed modern edge.”
Project designer Jay Ralley-Jones commented: “It took several months to fine-tune the design and perfect the new colour ways, we produced carpet samples so they could see the carpet in situ in their home. Working with designers meant they were very involved every step of the way.”
Russell Whitehead said: “The house has become a show home; everything is bespoke and created especially for us, making it very personal. The carpet is a highlight, everyone who comes into the house comments.
“Te house has become a show home; te carpet is a
highlight, everyone who comes into te house comments.”
“Every time I walk through the door it makes me smile, that is what a home should do,” added Jordan Cluroe.
Brintons owns one of the world's largest commercial design archives and historical pattern libraries in the industry, restored and preserved by their own dedicated archivist Yvonne Smith. The Brintons archive is a unique reference tool and point of true inspiration to their clients and their 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 application. The archive library is a facility unique to Brintons and is an invaluable resource to designers, conservators, decorators and contractors worldwide.
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