"When the young paint brand Backdrop joined the F. Schumacher & Co. family in 2021, it immediately caught the design world's attention. Backdrop was marketing to millennials with a tightly edited palette as the antidote to wall-color decision fatigue; Schumacher, a revered fabric house, was over 130 years old, with an eye for fresh talent. Theirs was a match made in pattern heaven-the former bringing its edgy young consumers to the table, the latter opening up a whole new world with its unrivaled library of swatches."
""It came together organically," Ebel says of the line, titled Archive and rolling out in October. In combing through decades of hits and hidden gems, she was particularly drawn to Schumacher's 1950s era. "There was this irreverence back then that we can really relate to now," she says. That playful spirit binds all four designs-from Tanbark, a 1957 jockey toile re‑imagined in four rich colorways, to Palazzo, an architectural panel set updated with hand-screened metallic detailing."
Backdrop joined F. Schumacher & Co. in 2021, pairing a millennial-focused paint brand with a 130-year-old fabric house. Natalie Ebel, Backdrop's creative director, explored Schumacher's Brooklyn Navy Yard archives and gravitated toward 1950s designs. The Archive wallpaper collection updates historical motifs with contemporary palettes and treatments while preserving a playful, irreverent spirit. Key designs include Tanbark, a 1957 jockey toile reimagined in four colorways; Palazzo, an architectural panel enhanced with hand-screened metallic detailing; and Edith, a surreal trellis that folds in musical cherubs and Schiaparelli-style bugs. Each motif balances traditional character with modern sensibility.
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