Fine PrintA new collaboration
bet ween Erdem and
de Gournay revels in the
charms of chinoiserie.
By Emma Elwick-Bates.“I think Debo would have
had this in Chatsworth,”
says Erdem Moralioglu sweepingly
in his Shoreditch studio, as he walks me
through his new collaboration with
British wallpaper house de Gournay.
“I think she would go for the pale
duck-egg blue—perhaps with a Lucian
Freud overhanging.”
The London-based designer with
a penchant for romanticism and a talent
for storytelling is now bringing a
new narrative to de Gournay with his
own hand-painted wallpaper and
an accompanying capsule collection of
11 pieces inspired by the wallpaper
design. This is a fashion-meets-interiors
union as symbiotic as it is exquisite:
de Gournay’s reputation for creating
what is essentially couture for the
home rests largely on its fantastical,
hand-painted chinoiserie wallpaper
panels, which were the starting point for
Moralioglu’s collection.