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| Thomas Britt, via Architectural Digest |
Kudos must go to Chuck Comeau, of Dessin Fournir , for saving one of the most iconic and fabulous fabric houses of all time- ROSE CUMMING !
One hundred years ago , Miss Rose came to the United States, from her native Australia- and the interior design world has never been quite the same since! Above, you can see my friend and mentor Thomas Britt's work- using the iconic and beautiful pattern known as "banana leaves". Tom also used this (metallic) gold over taupe colorway in his own New York apartment- where I was first exposed to the grandeur and high style of his work- and the beauty of Rose Cumming's legacy to him, as he had been a personal friend of hers.
Actually, I had first purchased yardage of banana leaves myself, in 1976, in the taupe colorway (sans the gold) for my Mother's home in Winston-Salem, NC. She still has some of the pillows we made and loves them!
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| "Photograph courtesy of Dessin Fournir Companies" |
Ashley Comeau of Dessin Fournir, was kind enough to send these high resolution images of some of the most popular designs from Rose Cumming- and you may be interested in reading some of my previous posts on Miss Rose as well. This is such a dynamic pattern, and it's been used by many top designers over the years.
I had also installed the wallpaper version in my design studio bath in Winston-Salem, in the camel on black colorway, which was so striking and dramatic.
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| Rose Cumming "Photograph courtesy of Dessin Fournir Companies" |
Here's another very chic pattern, called "Sabu" - animal prints being something we never tire of!
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| Sabu by Rose Cumming, "Photograph courtesy of Dessin Fournir Companies" |
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| Sabu in green, image via google |
And here is "Zebrine"- another very popular and exotic but modern and current design, demonstrating how ahead of the times Miss Rose was.
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| Zebrine by Rose Cumming, "Photograph courtesy of Dessin Fournir Companies" |
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| Zebrine wallcovering, Rose Cumming, via House Beautiful |
I want to thank Ashley Comeau for her assistance with providing information for this post. As you can see, we barely touched on this subject- one can read more about it in the beautiful book on Rose Cumming and Dessin Fournir here ! DF *****
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