of CW Stockwell textiles asked illustrator Albert Stockdale: Could he distill the island’s jungly land- scapes into a wallpaper? He could: The banana-leaf pattern Martinique, launched the next ...

1937: Decorator Dorothy Draper originally designs her banana leaf pattern Brazilliance for the ... Rio's Palácio Quitandinha hotel. 1975: The wallpaper becomes synonymous with Hollywood thanks ...

Inspired by his regular trips abroad, Stockwell initially manufactured reproductions of European patterns, particularly those from France. “Wallpaper ... and plaids, to large-scale chintz ...