Ravenna

Colourway:

Powder Rose - W0043-14

Our delicately handcrafted Ravenna, in a blousy Powder Rose pink, captures the elegance of late summer blooms. Whether you are bringing the outside into the interiors of a gracious Italian villa or mirroring the quintessential headrows lined up outside an old worldly English cottage, the Ravenna offers a dainty nod to an Indian summer for any interior. C. 1880 the design, typical of the Queen Anne revival that Watts founder G.F. Bodley pioneered in the nineteenth-century, is drenched in history. This only emphasises its ability to capture one’s imagination and transport the mind beyond the physical parameters of an interior.

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The Art of Hand Block

Block-printed wallpaper is a testament to artisanal craftsmanship, where master printers use hand-carved wooden blocks to create exquisite, layered designs.

Each block carries a single hue, meticulously applied in sequence to achieve depth and harmony within the pattern. The richness of the print, from ethereal watercolour washes to the opulence of oil paint, is shaped by the printer’s skill and the pigment’s viscosity. A hand-brushed ground enhances the depth of colour, while each layer is delicately dried before the next is applied.

Once complete, the wallpaper is hand-trimmed and elegantly rolled, crafted from sustainably sourced, renewable materials with minimal waste.

WATTS 1874 STUDIO

Bespoke Colouring

When our designs were first drawn for the block makers in Watts’ early years they would have been coloured specifically for each job. Today we can offer a wide range of colours but we take great care to use a palette that is true to our design roots.

We are working with Edward Bulmer whose 'Pots of Paint' range has revived the art of natural colour as it uses earth and mineral pigments to make paints of great depth and subtlety. This is also down to the use of traditional binders such as casein and plant oils which help give a velvety feel to the printed surface of our wallpapers.

Using traditional materials helps as part of today’s drive to create sustainable buildings but best of all it ensures that the printed surface avoids the plastic monotony of alkyd and acrylic paints.

"Colour is so subtle, so delicate, so strange in its ways that it seems to be beyond rules and laws"

G . F . BODLEY - First Chairman of Watts 1874

Production	Hand Block
Paper Type	100% Paper
Width	52.5 cm / 20.6 in
Pattern Repeat	63 cm / 24.8 in