Nina Campbell | Estella

Estella is a starburst enlivened with tiny beads, a paper that summons the film-star glamour of a 1930s Hollywood dressing room lined with buttoned fabric. The starburst supplies the geometry and the beads supply the glint, small points of light scattered through the repeat so the wall sparkles quietly rather than shines.

It is made in the United Kingdom on a mid-weight paper. A design with this much evening in its character belongs in rooms that dress up, dressing rooms first and most literally, then cloakrooms, bedrooms and bars, and it is particularly good under lamplight, where the beading does its work and the buttoned-upholstery illusion reads most convincingly.