What Wallpaper Styles and Collections Does Bradbury & Bradbury Offer?

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Bradbury & Bradbury is a historic wallpaper house whose catalog is organized by era rather than by color or room. Its collections span Victorian, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, and vintage 1920s–1960s designs, with supporting categories for wall fills, ceiling elements, friezes, and sample kits. If you are restoring a period home or want a historically grounded pattern, the era-based structure is the fastest way to find a match.

Victorian Collections

The Victorian group is the largest named set in the catalog. Individual designs include:

  • B.J. Talbert
  • Brooklyn
  • Deer & Rabbit
  • English Rose
  • Herter
  • Iris & Kingfisher
  • Italianate
  • Jeffrey
  • Knightsbridge
  • Morris
  • Tradition
  • Pardee
  • Persian
  • Raspberry Bramble
  • St. James

Alongside these named patterns, the Victorian category is broken into functional sub-types: Victorian Wall Fills, Victorian Ceiling Elements, Victorian Friezes, and Victorian Sample Kits. Wall fills are the repeating background papers; friezes are the decorative bands that run near the ceiling; ceiling elements are designed for overhead surfaces. Sample kits let you see the patterns in person before committing to a full order.

Arts & Crafts

The Arts & Crafts section is organized by colorway and function rather than by named designer patterns:

  • Arts & Crafts Wall fills
  • Arts & Crafts Friezes
  • Arts & Crafts – Natural
  • Arts & Crafts – Forest Green

The two named colorways (Natural and Forest Green) suggest the palette is deliberately narrow, which fits the movement's restrained, nature-derived look.

Art Deco and Vintage

Art Deco appears as a distinct category, including Art Deco Damasks. The vintage side is organized by decade:

  • 1920s Vintage
  • 1930s Vintage
  • 1940s Vintage
  • 1950s Vintage
  • 1960s Vintage
  • Vintage Children's
  • Vintage Wall Fills
  • All Vintage Wallpapers

This decade-by-decade split is useful if you are matching a specific renovation period rather than a general "retro" look.

Children's Lines

Two separate children's categories exist: Children's Victorian and Vintage Children's. These sit apart from the adult-era collections, so you can browse them directly if the room is for a child.

Beyond Wallpaper

The catalog extends past paper into coordinating products:

Category What it includes
Textiles Art Deco Fabric, Lace Curtains, Vintage Fabric
Bradbury Rug Collection Hand-knotted pure Tibetan Himalayan wool rugs from Tiger Rug
Art Posters Named poster designs such as Birchwood Rookwood, Colinas De Oro, Dreamer, Eventide, Garden, Gothic Squirrel, Idylwild, Lands End, Lilies of the Field, Lion & Dove, Moonscape, Redwood, River, Topiary, Tulip

The Vintage Fabric line is a jacquard woven fabric based on the Volute Art Deco wallpaper pattern, designed by Bradbury & Bradbury and made exclusively by Cooper Lace. Many Vintage Collection designs are also available as fabrics through Spoonflower.

How to Choose

  • Restoring a specific period room: start with the matching era (Victorian, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, or the relevant vintage decade).
  • Need to see the pattern first: order a sample kit rather than guessing from a screen.
  • Coordinating a whole room: check the Textiles and Rug Collection, since some patterns carry across wallpaper, fabric, and rugs.
  • Decorating a child's room: go straight to Children's Victorian or Vintage Children's.

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