What size do these print at?

Each pattern is a seamless repeat of engraved vignettes, scaled for standard fabric or wallpaper yardage.

Can I get a different subject, like a coffee shop or a cycling club?

Yes — the direction field takes any subject, and the same copperplate-hand structure renders it.

What makes this 'modern' rather than classic toile?

The engraving technique and cream ground stay historic; only the subject in the vignette is contemporary — a city or a cat, instead of a pastoral shepherdess.

What are the three inks?

Madder red, indigo blue and black on cream, the same three the classic tradition uses.

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/modern-toile · pattern · 3 readings

Modern toile patterns: city, bicycle life, household of cats

Modern toile — A city toile: a tram at a stop with a queue, a bridge with a jogger on it, a hot-dog cart, a taxi at a light, a dog walker with five leads, a fire escape and a water tower, each vignette an island on cream, copperplate toile engraving, madder red monochrome, fine hatching, cream ground

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Reading 1City toile

Reading 2Bicycle toile

Reading 3Cat toile

Modern toile is the living branch of the tradition: keep the copperplate hatching and the cream ground, change what's in the vignette. These nine render a city scene, a bicycle life and a household of cats, each drawn as the historic engravers would have and printed in three inks. Ask for a different subject — a coffee shop, a cycling club, a reading nook — and the same engraved-hand structure carries it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?: Each pattern is a seamless repeat of engraved vignettes, scaled for standard fabric or wallpaper yardage.
Can I get a different subject, like a coffee shop or a cycling club?: Yes — the direction field takes any subject, and the same copperplate-hand structure renders it.
What makes this 'modern' rather than classic toile?: The engraving technique and cream ground stay historic; only the subject in the vignette is contemporary — a city or a cat, instead of a pastoral shepherdess.
What are the three inks?: Madder red, indigo blue and black on cream, the same three the classic tradition uses.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.