Little Greene Mandalay Wallpaper - Pollen

Mandalay' (Bateman's) c.1712 This tree of life design was drawn directly from the leather wall coverings in the dining room of Bateman's, a Jacobean mansion in East Sussex. Elaborate designs such as these were inspired by 17th-century Indian chintz, which often depicted winding flowering trees with birds among their branches. Leather hangings were wallpaper as we know it today, and although panels of this type required a different skill to create, the process by which early wallpapers were hung and their decorative effect on the room are very similar, documented as being of Dutch origin, Mr and Mrs Rudyard Kipling paid 100 guineas for them in 1902, having recently purchased Bateman's as a family home. The paper versions are printed on a wide (70cm) roll, and the pattern has been adapted to repeat effortlessly and continuously across the wall.

Wallpaper Collection
National Trust Papers II
Repeat
3.25m x 2.1m
Roll length
10.05m
Roll width
70cm
Cleaning
Washable with sponge
How to apply
Put glue on the wall