Little Greene Wallpaper Brook Street c.1895 Laurel

In entirely different eras, two neighbouring houses in Mayfair’s fashionable Brook Street were homes to the baroque composer George Frideric Handel and rock musician Jimi Hendrix.

Hendrix spent some of his short-lived musical career in a flat at No. 23, the same property from which this pattern hails.

The woven cane-like design is typical of the late 19th century: an all-over pattern, which sits on a lightly brushed ground and incorporates a soft texture within its motif.