Wallpaper: The Best European Brands to Know
Which are the finest European high-end wallpaper brands?
We don’t know about you, but we French still love wallpaper! Many high-end wallpaper brands continue to release stunning designs every year, sometimes twice a year. If you are looking for the most beautiful, best-made wallpapers and panoramic murals, you are in the right place. Here are the most iconic European brands to discover now.
Trendy wallpaper
Wallpaper is far from extinct: in fact, it’s having a renaissance. From panoramic scenes to tactile experiments, the best European houses are reimagining wall surfaces with bold creativity and craftsmanship. Here are eleven iconic names shaping the art of wallcovering today.
Pierre Frey: French elegance
Pierre Frey, founded in Paris in 1935, is a family-owned house that defines French decorative audacity. With deep inspiration from classical arts, global cultures, and historic archives, the brand creates wallpaper collections that feel rich, expressive, and woven with meaning. Their wallcoverings often echo their renowned textiles, offering bold narratives and lush colors across every surface.
Casamance: timeless sophistication
Casamance, founded in 2000, reflects the art of quiet luxury. Based in Paris, this house offers elegant, tone-on-tone palettes, soft geometrics, and textured compositions that blend subtlety with precision. Their wallpaper collections are refined and serene, made for timeless, livable interiors with a lot of modern Art Deco inspirations.
Élitis: textural innovation
Élitis, based in Toulouse, is a laboratory of bold design. Known for its experimental textures and tactile illusion effects (linen, straw, leather and natural fibre looks), its wallcoverings are designed to surprise and seduce. It’s a brand that merges surface and sensation.
Les Dominotiers: artistic panoramas
Les Dominotiers brings a Parisian flair to the art of the panoramic mural. Combining historic printing techniques with digital customization, their wallpapers tell immersive stories. Each scene is made to measure, turning walls into dreamscapes.
Arte: Belgian refinement
Arte, founded in Belgium in 1981, is globally recognized for its high-end wallcoverings. With embossed vinyls, textile surfaces, and architectural textures, their designs are both innovative and luxurious. Arte’s collections redefine decorative presence.
Coordonné: graphic poetics
Coordonné from Barcelona brings a bold visual language to wallpaper. The brand collaborates with artists to create narrative murals and striking patterns, offering a contemporary and poetic take on surface design.
Masureel: textile heritage
Masureel, a Belgian family-run company from Hulste, blends textile tradition with modern wall design. Masureel’s collections are inspired by nature and art, characterized by subtlety, sustainable production, and refined printing techniques.
Nobilis: quiet luxury
Nobilis, founded in Paris in 1928, represents French decorative excellence with a discreet tone. Their wallpaper offerings range from traditional to modern, with refined textures, sophisticated patterns, and a timeless design vocabulary.
Cole & Son: British heritage
Cole & Son, established in 1875 in London, is one of the oldest wallpaper houses still in operation. The brand is known for its rich design archives, from Victorian damasks to mid-century modern prints. With frequent reissues and creative collaborations, Cole & Son preserves British pattern heritage while pushing design forward.
Mindthegap: eclectic storytelling
Mindthegap is a young Romanian brand founded in 2016 that stands out for its bold, artistic storytelling. Each collection is rooted in culture, travel and history, full of colour, character, and playful energy. Their wallpapers are like visual moodboards with personality.
de Gournay: handcrafted splendour
de Gournay is a British atelier crafting hand-painted wallpapers using traditional techniques. Their scenic panoramas, inspired by chinoiserie, French pastoral scenes or Japanese gardens, are painted on silk or paper. Every panel is custom, artisanal, and utterly luxurious.
Which iconic wallpaper house do you think we’ve missed? Let us know: HART is always on the lookout for stories worth telling.
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My work bridges craftsmanship, design history and contemporary creation, shaping a personal vision of luxury interior design.
Since 2012, I have been based in my workshop on the shores of Lake Annecy, creating bespoke interiors for architects, decorators and private clients.
