This wallpaper was one of the first produced by British wallpaper company Osborne and Little, founded in 1968 by designer Antony Little and businessman Sir Peter Osborne. The company was one of several that arose in the 1960s that promoted themselves as a source for unusual wallpaper patterns. Osborne and Little produced their designs in...

This week’s entries are dedicated to objects featured in the exhibition Thom Browne Selects, currently on view at Cooper Hewitt through October 23, 2016. Rombico is a recent acquisition to the museum’s permanent collection. I had begun a search for hologram wallpapers and after a few internet searches came across this paper by Osborne &...

Since Queen Elizabeth II has just superseded her great-great-grandmother as Britain’s longest reigning monarch, it seems an appropriate time to take a look at another longstanding UK institution: the wallpapers of Osborne & Little. While not quite as longstanding as Her Majesty, Osborne and Little has been providing thoughtful and vibrant wallcoverings to the upper...