Tulip, Ivory / Indigo Fabric by the Yard
All of our fabric and wallpaper is printed just for you, one order at a time. Nothing sits on a shelf waiting, and nothing is mass-produced.
Start with a sample. Tape the wallpaper to the wall, drape the fabric over the chair it's meant for, and see how the color and texture look in morning and evening light. Most decisions settle themselves within a few days.
Once your order arrives, we want you to love it. If you don't, for any reason, let us know. This applies to all retail orders. You have 60 days from delivery to reach out, and we'll reprint your items or you can return them for a refund. Your choice.
To start, email connect@vintagebotanica.com with your order number and a quick note about why you'd like a reprint or return. If something arrived damaged or misprinted, please include photos.
Hung wallpaper and cut fabric are still eligible, as long as the product comes back to us. Every reprint or refund requires the original product to be returned. Return shipping is yours to cover unless the product is defective, in which case we cover it.
Refunds go back to your original payment method within 5 business days after we receive your return. They cover the purchased items plus tax. If the product is defective, we also refund your original shipping.
We currently ship within the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and US territories. We ship to APO and FPO addresses and to PO boxes where the carrier allows it.
- Standard shipping is $9.99 per order for fabric and wallpaper
- Production takes 5 to 10 business days
- Transit takes 2 to 7 business days after your order ships
- Most orders arrive 2 to 3 weeks after you place them
Delivery to Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, and military addresses may take longer than the estimate above.
You'll get tracking by email as soon as your order ships. Orders with multiple items may arrive in more than one package as different products are printed in different locations.
Weather, holidays, and carrier delays happen. If your order is running past the estimate, get in touch and we'll look into it.
Lost or missing packages
If tracking shows delivered but your package isn’t there, check around your delivery spot and with neighbors first. Packages often turn up within a day. If it’s still missing, email us and we’ll open a claim with the carrier. If the carrier confirms the package is lost, we’ll reprint your order or refund it.
Questions
Email us at connect@vintagebotanica.com. We're a small team and we read everything.
- Most orders arrive in 2 to 3 weeks
A small open tulip in near-black blue on warm ivory, scattered across an open four-inch repeat. The indigo is dark enough that the silhouette closes fully and the shape holds from across a room. The edge stays soft, but the contrast is high enough that the pattern reads as graphic.
The design was translated from drawing 4608 in a volume of French textile designs held at the Clark Art Institute Library. The drawing is a watercolour record of a printed cloth, not a piece of fabric. The motif is small and the scatter is open, so the pattern holds its place beside a larger design rather than competing with it. Available as wallpaper and fabric by the yard.
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The Source
Drawing 4608 comes from a volume of nineteenth-century French textile designs with no title page and no publisher named. The drawings are mounted watercolours, each on its own sheet. This one is worked in a single colour, with a numbered list of twelve colours written down the right margin in ink — nine for the motif and two for the ground, in the same hand that numbered the page.
A label inside the front cover identifies the firm as Maison Robert, with Victor Ducroquet listed as son-in-law and successor. The label gives an address in Paris and names the firm as a depot for papers made by another manufacturer. Two medals on the label are dated 1844. The library catalogues the volume to about 1863.
The volume is part of the Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection at the Clark Art Institute Library, a collection of over 1,200 volumes on textiles and decorative art assembled by the weaver and textile artist Mary Ann Beinecke. The small floral motif and open scatter hold their place beside a larger design rather than competing with it.
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The Specifications
- Source: Watercolour drawing of a textile design, number 4608, mounted in a bound volume of French textile designs. Maison Robert, Paris. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts, call number NK8849 M28. Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection
- Date: Catalogued by the library as approximately 1863. The trade label carries two medals dated 1844
- Label: Mounted inside the front cover: Maison Robert, Victor Ducroquet, gendre et successeur, no. 78312
- Volume: 169 pages, 220 mounted colour illustrations, designs numbered 4495 to 4735. No title page, contents page or copyright page. Title from the spine
- Repeat: 4 in. square, straight match
- Motif scale: 0.31 in
- References: Internet Archive frenchtextiles00unse, page n99. OCLC 1045562508
The Fabric
Decor Chenille
A short, dense pile with a velvet-like surface on a firm woven ground. Fine striations catch the light as it moves across the room, deepening the color. Substantial weight keeps a clean line on upholstery and gives tailored drapery a decisive fall.
- Composition: 100% polyester
- Width: 56 in printable (57 in full)
- Weight: 400 gsm
- For: Upholstery, cushions, headboards, heavy drapery
Cotton Linen
A fine, even linen-cotton weave. Color prints cleanly while the woven surface remains visible, keeping solid grounds from going flat without softening fine linework. Light in the hand, it falls in narrow, supple folds and filters light rather than blocking it.
- Composition: 55% linen, 45% cotton
- Width: 54 in printable
- Weight: 250 gsm
- For: Upholstery, curtains, table linens, pillows
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