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💿 Album Review: Koda Kumi - Japonesque

Favourite female artists🪭Koda Kumi (17/20)

A wallpaper printed from the original rollers which has presumably been popular multiple times: Lim & Handtryck has rollers in wood with brass fittings, of cast iron, and even of rubber. This leads us to conclude that the wallpaper, whose illustrated peony design seems to be an example of japonisme, was likely first printed in the late 19th century, then during the 20s-30s, and again in the 50s-70s. This style of floral illustration with line shading is found in older printed textiles such as, for example, chintzes from India, which have inspired Western designers including William Morris, the leading figure of the English Arts & Crafts movement.

Butterfly, designed ca.1880,  was a direct response to the now-iconic “Blue fluted” pattern introduced by their then-competitor, Royal Copenhagen (which now owns Bing & Grøndahl). Plates in this pattern always feature a butterfly in the center, unlike in Blue Fluted.  See for example Wallendorf’s “Blue Dresmer” for another similar design, all inspired by the then extremely fashionable Japanese and Chinese imported porcelain designs.

Reproduction 1920s japonesque wallpaper by Bradbury & Bradbury