Atelier d'Offard
Hand block-printed wallpaper and carton-pierre relief work from Tours, France — a nearly-extinct 18th-century craft revived in 1999, now specified by Chanel, Chaumet, and Orient Express.
Paper, reworked into architecture
Every pattern is hand block-printed, color after color, using carved wooden blocks and custom-made paints — the same process 18th-century French manufactories used, kept alive by one atelier when it had all but disappeared.
Carton-pierre — a moldable, stone-hard relief material made from the atelier's own paper offcuts — extends the same hand craft into three dimensions: cornices, panels, and gilded reliefs that read as carved stone.
François-Xavier Richard revived the nearly-extinct craft of hand block-printed wallpaper as a working atelier.
France's Living Heritage Company status, and the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand (2009).
A forgotten stone-look paper technique — once used at Versailles, Fontainebleau, and Chambord — remade from recycled workshop paper.
Eight pattern families, drawn from the archive
Vegetal, Rhythmic, Material, Timeless, Odyssey, Decor, Border, Frieze — hundreds of hand-engraved designs, from Grand Arabesque and Byzance to gold-ground Damas, each block-printed to order in the Tours workshop.
Every colorway shown here can be recolored, rescaled, or adapted to a bespoke commission.
Request the full catalogueWhere heritage houses buy their wallpaper
From the Orient Express's own sailing yacht to Chanel and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs lineage its founder trained under, Atelier d'Offard's hand craft is already specified for some of the most exacting interiors in the world — including, directly, a superyacht spa.
Crafted the ceiling of The Spa by Guerlain aboard the Corinthian, plus over 1,200 hand-shaped gilded carton-pierre bricks for the Orient Express restaurant car.
Carton-pierre installations for maison campaigns and Design Miami.
Period-accurate work for George Sand's house, Santa Maria Novella in Florence, and the Palais de Tokyo.
Founder François-Xavier Richard named a Maître Artisan d'Art in 2023 — France's highest distinction in arts and crafts.
French heritage wallcoverings, specified from Dubai
Atelier d'Offard's hand block-printed wallpapers and carton-pierre relief work are available in the UAE through Yacht IQ, in partnership with Bazar De Ville — sample coordination, specification support, and consultation for designers, shipyards, and owner teams.
