Ysh London can’t wait til March next year, as it seems, according to our calendar, to signal the start of a busy schedule of interesting exhibitions. Featuring highly on our list, ‘Very Sanderson: 150 years of English decoration’, is just one of the major exhibitions we’ll be reporting on next year.

Above: Block printing Golden Lily c.1897   *Image courtesy of sanderson.

The Fashion and Textile Museum will be presenting ‘Very Sanderson: 150 years of English decoration’, Sanderson being one of the most innovative fabric and furnishings companies in the world, and celebrating it’s 150^th anniversary next year in 2010. The Sanderson company was established by Arthur Sanderson in 1860, and started out by importing French wallpapers before becoming a leading interior textile company.

Above: Arthur Sanderson c. late 1870's   *Image courtesy of sanderson.

Not only will this exhibition showcase the Sanderson story, but it will also reflect the changing era’s  in which it has survived – from the the building boom of 1880’s England, to it's pioneering use of machine-printed papers.

The Sanderson’s wallpapers were influenced and inspired by British architects and designers of the era of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Charles Eastlake, and William Morris, who all defined the British style of the 19^th century.

Above: Kenneth Truman painting c.1957 *Image courtesy of sanderson.
All images were taken from www.sanderson-uk.com

We’re really looking forward to seeing this exhibition explore the history of British interior textiles, and how they influenced fashion and interior design history throughout the years. It could be a great visual research source for today’s fashion and textile designers, as one of the leading textile design companies adapts to the twenty-first century.

Very Sanderson: 150 years of English decoration
19^th March – 13^th June 2010
Fashion and Textile Museum
83 Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3XF

www.ftmlondon.org