Toile is a classic pattern with a storied history. Fabrics featuring pastoral scenes and exotic landscapes rose to fame with help from Marie Antoinette and quickly became a status symbol that spread ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we look at tips for adding classic toile de Jouy patterns ...

Toile is back, and guess what? The new patterns are brilliant and beautiful! I know what you are thinking. Toile? Isn’t that the traditional, overly busy pattern that our parents and grandparents used ...

For centuries, Toile de Jouy has conjured a sense of luxury and refinement. Characterized by repeated motifs and illustrative pastoral scenes, the pattern often mirrored major events of the time. To ...

One of the season's most interesting patterns was first introduced in the 18th century, and you might associate it more with wallpaper and museum artefacts than runway fashion: toile, also known as ...

How exactly did a thick cotton fabric festooned with frolicking shepherdsses, bales of hay, and general pastoral merriment become one of today’s biggest design fixations? We’re talking about toile de ...

I’ve previously waxed poetic about my adoration of textiles. Just last week we explored the rich history of Indian block printing. You may even know that in my past life I worked for a batik company.

Toile wallpaper patterns are ideal for both casual and formal settings -- they add color and pattern without overpowering a room. Thibaut's "Toile Resource" collection offers patterns in enticing ...

At first glance, State Bags‘s newest backpack and belt bag seem totally on trend, with a blue toile pattern featuring pastoral scenes and farm animals, like something you might see on fabric in an ...

You probably know the Toile de Jouy pattern by sight, if not by name. The red-and-white or blue-and-white design features ink-like vignettes of trees, farmers gleaning, hot air balloons, horse-drawn ...