Charleston Loop and Spot is a new pattern designed by Cambridge Imprint in 2020 for the Charleston Trust. Charleston was the Sussex farmhouse of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and frequently served as temporary home to other members of their Bloomsbury circle during the first half of the twentieth century. The house is filled with the paintings and sculptures of the two artists, but Bell and Grant also decorated every surface of the house, the walls, doors, and furniture. Even the rugs, lampshades, bowls and plates were of their own devising. Our expanding range of Charleston-inspired patterns aim to conjure the glorious colour and painterly exuberance of the Charleston interiors. Cambridge Imprint paper is printed in England on responsibly sourced paper of archiving quality, using vegetable oil-based inks that are kind to the environment. Each sheet is printed in one, two, or three hand-mixed inks on uncoated 90 gsm stock to create a high-quality matte paper with a hand-printed fe
