GP & J Baker | Trumpet Flowers

Trumpet Flowers is the softer, viscose-linen version of the large-scale trumpet-flower print from GP & J Baker's Originals Brantwood collection, the naturalist archive named for Ruskin's house Brantwood on Coniston Water in the Lake District. The blooms are drawn at a generous 71 by 45.6 centimetres, close to its cotton sibling, but the viscose content gives the printed colour more sheen and the cloth a noticeably softer fall at a window than the plainer cotton ground gives.

The cloth is 67 per cent viscose and 33 per cent linen, a blend chosen for drape rather than crispness, and it is 137 centimetres wide, with a 71 centimetre vertical and 45.6 centimetre horizontal repeat. GP & J Baker specify it for curtains and upholstery. There is one colourway, Blush, a soft, romantic pink that suits a bedroom or a garden-facing sitting room particularly well, especially set alongside warm timber and plain cream.

We would hang it as curtains where the generous repeat and the softer ground can both be appreciated, and it dresses a headboard or an ottoman well. It pairs naturally with Trumpet Flowers Cotton in the very same design, one for curtains with a softer fall and one for a crisper, more upholstery-ready piece in the very same room. Sold by the half metre; order a sample to see it in your own light.

Allow a full 71 centimetre vertical repeat per drop and match the print across widths so the blooms continue cleanly at every seam. Line and interline curtains, since printed colour on a viscose-rich ground fades faster than a woven yarn-dyed cloth; for upholstery, centre a full bloom on the main panel of the finished piece.

• Composition: 67% viscose, 33% linen
• Width: 137 cm (54 in)
• Pattern repeat: 71 cm vertical, 45.6 cm horizontal
• Suitable for: Upholstery, Curtains
• Care: Dry clean professionally; do not wash, bleach or iron.
• Collection: Originals Brantwood, GP & J Baker
• Colourways: 1 (Blush)