{"id":73223,"date":"2025-10-14T04:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/73223\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:25:07","slug":"backdrop-modernises-schumacher-archives-unveils-new-wallpaper-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/73223\/","title":{"rendered":"Backdrop Modernises Schumacher Archives, Unveils New Wallpaper Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIs Backdrop Schumacher\u2019s <\/a>rebellious little sister? Backdrop cofounder and creative director Natalie Ebel said that description sounds pretty accurate. \u201cWe\u2019re really playful,\u201d she told WWD.<\/p>\n

\n\tStoried American textile firm Schumacher, whose creations were embraced by writer Edith Wharton and 19th-century decorator Elsie de Wolfe, bought edgy Los Angeles-based firm Backdrop in 2021. The marriage allows Schumacher to tap into Backdrop\u2019s new generation clientele and in turn, Backdrop benefits from Schumacher\u2019s expertise. On Tuesday, Backdrop unveiled a four-piece wallpaper collection that filtered archival Schumacher designs from the 20th century through its own abstract lens.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe always play with scale, redraw [the designs] and add our own elements. It was really about turning them into a new medium and reinterpreting them for today\u2019s designs,\u201d Ebel enthused, remarking on the first time she was allowed to enter into New York City-based Schumacher\u2019s archives with white gloves.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Backdrop<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNew wall coverings from Backdrop\u2019s Archive collection. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeith Oshiro<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is an absolute treasure trove. And I didn\u2019t go in there looking for anything. I just wanted to explore and found amazing boxes with names like the \u2018Opera House,\u2019 \u2018Art Deco Radio City\u2019 and \u2018Frank Lloyd Wright,’\u201d Ebel continued.<\/p>\n

\n\tBackdrop, she said, started as a paint business that sought to make color memorable, accessible and impactful, captivating a younger clientele with hues like Disco Nap and Color of the Year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe started this company as really like a paint business. Our goal was to bring color and celebration to interiors<\/a>, an area we\u2019d seen neglected\u2026paint was always treated like an industrial hardware purchase,\u201d Ebel said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe four designs include Palazzo Panel Set, which was inspired by a 1950s-era fabric based on an original drawing by 17th-century Italian artist and architect Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena. Backdrop took it and rescaled the design to heighten a greater sense of architecture, light and depth.<\/p>\n

\n\tDigitally printed to retain all of its detail, Backdrop has also added a hand-screen metallic print on the main statue as a nod to the original fabric\u2019s gold touches. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Edith is a surrealist update on historic fabrics like St. Claire Le Chateau, which served as the basis for the Cherubs in Edith. Sainte-Claire Du Chateau was a property in France purchased by Edith Wharton in 1927. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Nathalie<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNathalie Ebel poses in front of Palazzo Panel Set inspired by Schumacher archival designs. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeith Oshiro<\/p>\n

\n\tTanbark was reinterpreted from a 1957 fabric from Schumacher\u2019s archives originally designed by illustrator John Groth. Backdrop redrew the original horses, creating an abstract, watercolour layered effect that infused depth and a narrative arc to the gestural horse drawings.<\/p>\n

\n\tFinally, Backdrop also unfurled Horses, which was originally created in the 1950s as an equestrian dreamscape. This time it was brought back to life with illustrations full of character and expressive gestural linework.<\/p>\n

The Archive campaign was shot by fashion<\/a> photographer\u00a0Keith Oshiro<\/a> and was inspired by early\u00a0Schumacher\u00a0ads, subtly reimagining the way that wallpaper and textiles were presented and channeling some of their playfulness and charm.<\/p>\n

Backdrop was founded in 2018 by Natalie and her husband Caleb Ebel, and quickly gained a cult following for its selection of paint colors. The firm later\u00a0collaborated with Madewell,\u00a0Barbie,\u00a0Porsche\u00a0and others on limited-edition colors.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the fashion<\/a> front, Schumacher, which was founded in\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0by Parisian Frederic Schumacher in 1880, has been a pioneer in\u00a0collaborations<\/a>\u00a0from its dawn. <\/p>\n

\n\tIts first fashion tie up was with French fashion designer\u00a0Paul Poiret<\/a>\u00a0in 1930, and in 1958 it produced a collection of prints with visionary designer Elsa\u00a0Schiaparelli<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2024, the American firm released a collaboration<\/a> with the lifestyle brand founded by Colombian designer\u00a0Johanna\u00a0Ortiz, which included a collection of fabrics, wall coverings and trims that reflect her eclectic runway fashions and South American spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Backdrop Schumacher\u2019s rebellious little sister? Backdrop cofounder and creative director Natalie Ebel said that description sounds pretty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3203,38892,146,9172,2607,52062,85,5453,1337,46,52063,2081,40620],"class_list":["post-73223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-collaboration","tag-collaborations","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-home","tag-home-collection","tag-il","tag-interior-design","tag-interiors","tag-israel","tag-paul-poiret","tag-photography","tag-schiaparelli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}