The Art of Gracie

The Art of Gracie: Handpainted Wallpapers, Timeless Rooms

 

The ultimate in chinoiserie decor is a room done in hand-painted silk chinoiserie wallcovering like those by Gracie. This new book that will be released on Tuesday takes you into this gorgeous world. So many of my favorite chinoiserie rooms include Gracie wallcovering. I am so looking forward to this book.

"A glorious celebration of America’s most storied handpainted wallpaper company, family owned for 125 years, featuring dozens of rooms by today’s top interior designers.

The story of Gracie wallpaper, founded in 1898 and still family owned by the sixth generation, is one of the great untold stories of American interior design. Best known for their exquisitely detailed designs, Gracie papers have been installed at the White House and many of America’s most notable homes. They are a go-to resource for interior designers including Mark Sikes, Summer Thornton, Ellie Cullman, Brooke Giannetti, Suzanne Kasler, Michael S. Smith, Alexa Hampton, Alex Papachristidis, and Amanda Lindroth, and Gracie can be found in the homes of celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Cameron Diaz.

This volume, featuring hundreds of color photographs of contemporary rooms by leading interior designers, shows the range not only of the papers themselves—from beautiful florals and birds to panoramic landscapes of American folk scenes and French pastoral hillsides to hunting and maritime scenes—but also the imaginative ways they can be used to create truly transporting spaces. Designs in every imaginable color, from metallics to lush greens and cobalt blues to dramatic reds and blacks, show that with Gracie, any room in the home can become a true, custom work of art."

This really is the ultimate coffee table book for the lover of chinoiserie. The textured blue cover is even gorgeous - it is meant to look like their silk wallcovering. Pre-order it here.

I am not sure how many of these rooms are in the book, but here are some favorites featuring Gracie that I have posted over the years. Speaking of years, did you know that Chinoiserie Chic is over 15 years old? 

This is another gorgeous wallcovering book that I highly recommend - 

de Gournay : Hand-Painted Interiors

Did anybody notice that "Hand-Painted" is hyphenated in the de Gournay book title and not hyphenated in the Gracie title? "Hand-painted" when used as an adjective as it is here should be hyphenated.