Water Garden | Oriental Mural

Made of three 300cm high drops, supplied and printed as one continuous roll measuring at 68.5cm in width. Individual drops (A, B, & C) are indicated by a cut line. Total size on wall: 205.5 (width) x 300cm (height).

Chosen as the 2020 QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) Sanderson Design Co. Scholar decorative painter Rachel Spelling has crafted an elegant contemporary wallpaper panel for Sanderson Water Garden. Inspired by nature’s peaceful pleasures in contrast to the chaos of London in lockdown her design draws on the joys of springtime buds early butterflies and a quiet sense of space.

Using a refined and harmonious palette of gently layered pinks, blues and yellows, Rachel’s muted scheme reveals a tranquil horizon that reaches from water to sky. A painted casein distemper ground, breathable and chalky, forms an ethereal backdrop to trailing golden laburnum clusters, which caught Rachel’s eye in the Sanderson archive. 

Proudly presenting contemporary interpretations of some of our most stylish archive documents. From the striking blooms of Emperor Peony to Fusang Tree’s decorative history and the imperial symbolism of Chinese Dragon, Water Garden charts the appeal of Eastern inspired design and the joy of its application into the world of English interiors.