When wallpaper design meets fashion.

Florence Broadhurst was a world-renowned Australian wallpaper and textile designer. She combined hints of the orient with Europe’s 1930's Modernism. Her patterns, with shiny surface and sophisticated vibrant motifs are extremely elegant. She fused English floral patterns with splashes and swirls, bamboo and willow, kangaroos and peacocks...


Now 40 years later, the opulent patterns are the subject of growing international interest.
A carefully restored archive, a recent film-biography and a recent exhibition in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum helped the revival of Broadhurst’s work. Her vibrant prints have a distinctly retro aesthetic yet at the same time they are modern and on trend due to their bold graphic quality. 


Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney have both referenced Broadhurst in recent collections and now it is New York designer Kate Spade's turn to bring Broadhurst's prints into the 21st century. Kate Spade New York have recently launched a fashion and home collection. The collection is part of a larger collaboration with Helen and David Lennie‘s Signature Prints, which controls the Broadhurst design library. In addition to handbags, shift dresses, and trainers, Kate Spade has debuted homegoods awash in graphic Florence Broadhurst Japanese floral patterns.

Florence Broadhurst

Broadhurst's Peacock Wallpaper

Broadhurst's Japanese Floral Wallpaper

Broadhurst's Spotted Floral Wallpaper

Kate Spade New York Cushion

Kate Spade New York's use of Broadhurst's Japanese floral print.

Kate Spade New York's use of Broadhurst's Japanese floral print.