2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austens birth.
Designed by Hartig and made by Schumacher, Mr. Darcy depicts a quaint hamlet.
Look closely, and youll see an aristocratic estate and its manicured gardens.
Johnson Hartig’s “Mr. Darcy” wallpaper for Schumacher, as seen in his Hancock Park dining room.
Just beyond is a Gothic cathedral.
Smaller homes dot rolling hills, as do trees and villagers.
In the background is a lake, perhaps where King Arthurs mythical maiden resided before giving him his sword.
A detailed close up of the “Mr. Darcy" wallpaper. “I just had this fantasy of doing something from a bird’s eye view of an 18th century English village,” Hartig says.
(Austen wrotePride and Prejudicebetween 1796 and 1797.)
A detailed close up of the Mr. Darcy" wallpaper.
He looked at drawings and paintings from the time, before meticulously crafting his own design.
La Fôret, as seen in Hartig’s bedroom.
In his bedroom is another print, which is a re-imagination of a 17th-century Flemish tapestry.
Drawn by hand, it took over 800 hours to create.
La Foret, as seen in Hartigs bedroom.
Usually its kind of a cozy, warm response.
Its the kind of chic, contrarian statement that perhaps Elizabeth Bennet herself would have been proud of.
