Our story...

Pattern designer since 1896

Maison Martin Morel revisits its heritage of over a century of patterns and reworks traditions to anchor them in the new generation. This heritage is brought back to life through contemporary creations, in wallpaper and decor. The print thus becomes a bridge between a bygone era and the present. The journey can begin...

Welcome to the world of Maison Martin Morel!

The Martin Morel House

Welcome to our enchanting world where every pattern tells a story.

The company

The story begins in 1896 when my ancestor, Mr. Martin Morel, founded his textile printing business near Lyon. Its success was rapid, and his original creations accompanied and created textile trends throughout the 20th century. But, after these glorious years of intense creativity, the difficult context of the 1980s precipitated the closure of the business...

"Today, I want to pay tribute to the beauty of the creations developed over nearly a century by these artisans. Originally imagined for fashion, the strength of these works is expressed on all media, even the most daring. Each of our wallpapers, made in France, conveys this forgotten past and reinterprets a design from our textile archives. From the elegance of the lines of the 1930s, to the exuberance of the 60s and 70s, our collection of patterns is a journey through time, styles, and fashions, and I hope will offer you a rich and unique source of inspiration."

Emmanuel Foyatier

A family story...

Five generations separate Emmanuel and his grandfather.

A true forgotten treasure, the Maison Martin Morel archives are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for our design studio.

The collection consists of drawings, gouaches, textiles, and books evoking all the trends between the end of the 19th century and the 1980s. A collection of floral, geometric, and figurative motifs, all witnesses to bygone eras, but whose creativity still inspires us.

Some drawings are reissued identically, playing on scales and colorings... others are decomposed, recomposed, recolored.

Our goal remains the same: to extract from our past the beauty of the present. A contemporary past.

A journey through time to the original Maison Martin Morel factory. These premises bear witness to the company's past and the economic dynamism that reigned in the Lyon region thanks to its textile industry.

The chronology of patterns

Period 1900

Founded in 1896 in Bourg de Thizy, Maison Martin Morel's business until 1982 was textile finishing. It all began with patterns printed on flannel, nansouck, and sateen. Floral motifs like the Dahlia are common, as are semi-plain patterns like the Wave. Today, the 1900 archives have been reworked in a spirit of poetry, simplicity, and innocence...

1930s period

During the 1930s, patterns were inspired by decorative arts and graphic trends. These were years heavily influenced by the Art Deco style. In our archives, we found many geometric creations and abstract patterns that were already very contemporary for the time! Pointillist patterns were born thanks to ingenious chemical processes and the technique of gnawing printing.

Louis and André period (1950/1980)

The sixties arrived with the emergence of Pop Art and its surge of colors, each as exuberant and colorful as the next. It was the hippie movement that strongly influenced these years of patterns with a very marked floral universe. Among the house's patterns, we find tropical inspirations, references to the idols of the time such as the singer Antoine and the actress Brigitte Bardot.

Contemporary Period

Since 2013, under the influence of Emmanuel Foyatier, the house's archives have been brought back to life, and new designs have emerged! Using modern digital printing techniques, the designs have been adapted for wallpaper and frescoes. With Maison Martin Morel, immerse yourself in a colorful and graphic universe with designs designed to bring a moment of escape to life on your walls...