Extend the Patterns

Backdrop mines more than a century of Schumacher designs to deliver a remixed line of deliciously retro yet thoroughly modern wallpapers

- CHARLOTTE COLLINS

When the young paint brand Backdrop joined the F. Schumacher & Co. family in 2021, it immediately caught the design world's attention. Backdrop was marketing to millennials with a tightly edited palette as the antidote to wall-color decision fatigue; Schumacher, a revered fabric house, was over 130 years old, with an eye for fresh talent. Theirs was a match made in pattern heaven—the former bringing its edgy young consumers to the table, the latter opening up a whole new world with its unrivaled library of swatches. In no time, Backdrop creative director Natalie Ebe