More Cleopatra

I had a Lincrusta quotation to perform in a 15th Century manor house, near Hatfield yesterday. I met up with Lincrusta's Business Development Manager.

He asked me if I had seen the new pattern "Cleopatra" yet, and was kind enough to leave a sample for with me to inspect.

The quick photograph on my dining room table (above) does not do it justice... could this be a serious contender for "Italian Renaissance's" mantel?

Cleopatra

I was first told that Lincrusta was intending to create more new patterns almost a year ago now - then was lucky enough to be shown the foils of four "possibles" whilst demostrating for Lincrusta at the Dubai Index show in December 2008.

Well the great news is that patterns have been selected and are now getting ready for production in 2010. One of the new pattern is to be called "Cleopatra" and is not unakin to the existing and much loved "Italian Renaissance" design.

Lincrusta say; "We're planning two new designs for launch in Spring 10... Cleopatra - a large scale classical ogee, with plenty of interesting detail - ideal as a feature design in its own right or as a canvas for opulent decorative effects".

The new design will be given an airing at the NP&D Show being held on 10th & 11th November 2009 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.

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Welcome to the Lincrusta blog... a dedicated resource for those amongst us that appreciate the timeless elegance that is Lincrusta.

As a Master Decorator and approved installer of Lincrusta, I currently run two other websites; mjguestltd.co.uk and my painting and decorating blog mjguestltd.blogspot.com, both of which have a good deal of information about client's projects. However, this blog is intended to be more of a library for patterns, history and general information that I stumble across in my day-to-day life with Lincrusta.

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