GERGEI ERDEI FOR DE GOURNAY
A curated collection of hand-painted and embroidered screens and wallpapers
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH LONDON BASED ARTIST AND DESIGNER GERGEI ERDEI, DE GOURNAY HAVE CREATED AN EVOCATIVE SERIES OF HAND-PAINTED AND HAND- EMBROIDERED FOLDING SCREENS AND WALLPAPER DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY HIS OWN RICH UNIVERSE OF MYTHOLOGICAL AND ART DECO REFERENCES.
DE GOURNAY IS A FAMILY COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN THE CREATION OF THE WORLD’S FINEST HAND-PAINTED WALLPAPERS AND HAND-EMBROIDERED FABRICS. RENOWNED FOR THEIR VIBRANT CHINOISERIE, JAPANESE AND PANORAMIC COLLECTIONS, THE BRAND CONTINUES TO FORGE A REPUTATION FOR ARTISANAL SKILL AND TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE IN THE REALIZATION OF EVER MORE INTREPID DESIGNS FOR WALLS, FABRICS AND HAND-CRAFTED PORCELAIN.
FOUNDED BY CLAUD CECIL GURNEY WITH HIS NEPHEW DOMINIC EVANS-FREKE IN 1984, AND NOW JOINED BY HIS DAUGHTERS HANNAH AND RACHEL, DE GOURNAY BRINGS INTERIORS TO LIFE WITH EXQUISITE REINTERPRETATIONS OF HISTORIC, HAND PAINTED PAPERS AND ENGAGING CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIONS: APPLYING THEIR BESPOKE EXPERTISE TO PROJECTS WITH THE LEADING DESIGNERS OF THE AGE.
marquetrie lotus
CONCEPTED AS A STUNNING EPITOME OF ARTISANAL CRAFTSMANSHIP, PAIRING THE ELEGANCE OF FRENCH ART DECO MARQUETRY WITH THE REFINED TRADITION OF JAPANESE BYOBU SCREENS, ’LOTUS MARQUETRIE’ IS A FACETED COMPOSOTION WHERE SHARP GEOMETRIC FORMS INTERTWINE TO REVEAL GLIMPSES OF DELICATE LOTUS LEAVES - THE SYMBOLS OF PURITY AND REBIRTH AMIDST THE RICH TEXTURES OF BURL, TIGER WOOD, AND ZEBRANO: EVOKING WOOD PANELLING AN OFTEN USED ELEMENT IN ART DECO INTERIORS.
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relief ancien
INSPIRED BY BAS-RELIEF PATTERNS OF THE ART DECO ERA, AND THE LINEAR DRAWINGS OF FAMED FRENCH ARTISTS SUCH AS JEAN COCTEAU AND HENRI LAURENS, THE ’RELIEF ANCIEN’ SCREEN COMPOSES THICKLEY HEWN, IMPASTO LINES BENEATH FAMILIAR HELLENIC ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. INTENDED TO EFFECT THE SOFTENED CONTOURS AND BRUSHED, TEXTURAL LAYERS OF PLASTER, THE RESULTING EVOKES THE SENSE OF AN ARTISANAL HAND IN ITS CREATION.
tortue boiserie
INSPIRED BY AN ART DECO DESK DESIGN OF ÉMILE RUHLMANN, THIS HAND-PAINTED DESIGN IS A VIVID DEPICITION OF STUNNING TORTOISESHELL IN A HIGH-GLOSS LACQUERED FINISH ACCENTED WITH AGED GOLD DETAILS SUGGESTIVE OF ARCHUTECURAL DRAWINGS IN IVORY – ENLARGED AND AMPLIFIED AS THOUGH INLAID INTO THE WALLS.
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NARCISSUS AND ECHO
THE DOUBLE SIDED NARCISSUS AND ECHO SCREEN, HAND-PAINTED ON SILK, WITH HAND-EMBRODIERED RAFFIA DETAILS TELLS THE FAMED MYTH. ECHO, THE NYMPH, FIRST GLIMPSES THE BEAUTIFUL NARCISSUS WHILE HE IS OUT HUNTING, AND THE MORE SHE GAZES UPON HIM, THE DEEPER HER LONGING GROWS, CAPTIVATED BY HIS BEAUTY. THE DELICATE EMBROIDERY AND PAINTED LINES TELL THE STORY OF ECHO’S SILENT YEARNING, WHILE ALSO DEPICTING NARCISSUS AS HE RESTS BY THE SIDE OF A POND, UNAWARE THAT HE IS ON THE CUSP OF FALLING IN LOVE WITH HIS OWN REFLECTION.
NARCISSUS AND ECHO
THE DOUBLE SIDED NARCISSUS AND ECHO SCREEN, HAND-PAINTED ON SILK, WITH HAND-EMBRODIERED RAFFIA DETAILS TELLS THE FAMED MYTH. ECHO, THE NYMPH, FIRST GLIMPSES THE BEAUTIFUL NARCISSUS WHILE HE IS OUT HUNTING, AND THE MORE SHE GAZES UPON HIM, THE DEEPER HER LONGING GROWS, CAPTIVATED BY HIS BEAUTY. THE DELICATE EMBROIDERY AND PAINTED LINES TELL THE STORY OF ECHO’S SILENT YEARNING, WHILE ALSO DEPICTING NARCISSUS AS HE RESTS BY THE SIDE OF A POND, UNAWARE THAT HE IS ON THE CUSP OF FALLING IN LOVE WITH HIS OWN REFLECTION.
