Head of Design for Liberty Interiors since 2020, Genevieve has led the interiors team to produce 10 collections to date celebrating Liberty’s historic appreciation of craftmanship and design.
Archival Liberty Prints have been reinterpreted and reworked, appearing alongside contemporary new artworks for the next generation of iconic Liberty Interiors. The collections bring the vibrancy of the Liberty aesthetic indoors with design heritage pillars of Floral and Botanical, Tree of Life, and Paisley, Geometric and Abstract designs.
The collections feature manufacturing processes which have been carefully selected to bring out the character of each design. Mixing skillful design with artisanal printing, weaving techniques, the process informs the designs, and vice versa, in a perfect harmony of art and craft. The result are collections that combine expert craftsmanship with a powerful depth of storytelling, reflecting the beauty and quality of heritage fabrics and wallpapers with a fresh and contemporary appeal.
All wallpaper and fabric designs shown are by the Liberty Design team.
The Tree of Life story is inspired by hand painted Indian Palampore textiles of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Tree of Life textiles symbolise the personal journey through nature’s life cycle, with versions of this ancient motif found all around the world. Reworked ornate archive artworks into simplified layouts enhance the striking floral motifs and patternation, complemented by new contemporary coordinate designs.
Photography – Chris Everard
Styling – Julie Sibley
Taking inspiration from the bold colouration of mordant dyes and natural pigments. Printed on an iridescent a non-woven ground, Palampore Trail shines with subtle mineral-like lustre and rich colour, reminiscent of exquisite plant and insect dyes.
The Art Nouveau element of the collection offers a continuation of our designers’ journey through collections of fantastic plants. Botanicals have always been an essential element of Nouveau design, appearing in highly stylised and sinuously exaggerated forms.The celebration of single motifs of flower and feather hearken back to the themes of medieval art, with particular favourite Nouveau icons including tulips, poppies, thistles, roses and peacock feathers.
These enduring motifs are given a fresh perspective through the use of bold scale, contemporary colour and careful selection of fabric bases – heirloom designs, reimagined for modern interiors.
Harmonised across three distinctive ‘garden rooms’, the collection is criss-crossed by narrative stories of print and colour to reflect Liberty’s eclectic spirit. Drawing inspiration from the beauty of Arts and Crafts gardens, decadent ornamental florals appear juxtaposed against geometric botanical layouts and the classic nostalgia of Liberty ditsy florals – unique and beautiful settings for outdoors, painted in living colour.
Photography – Chris Everard
Styling – Claudia Bryant
A collection of 15 shades from the Farrow & Ball Archive collection and complementary interiors fabrics from the Liberty Modern Collector range, form a series of timeless colour and print combinations.
Photography – James Merrell
Styling – Marianne Cotterill
A collection of 8 hand knotted silk and wool rugs inspired by Liberty archive designs.
Photography – The Rug Company
The Botanical Atlas fabric collection re-imagines the natural world for interiors. Combining the renowned Liberty signature colour palette with rich layered embroideries, opulent textured weaves, and contemporary printed velvets and linens, Botanical Atlas invites us on a journey across the globe and to explore the aesthetic, symbolic, medicinal, and folkloric meaning of plants and botanicals.
Photography – Chris Horwood & Polly Wreford
Styling – Claudia Bryant
Photography – James Merrell
Styling – Marianne Cotterill
