Interior design bloggers Design to Inspire have posted some of the beautiful images from a new book from Chronicle, Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret & Extraordinary Lives by Helen O’Neill.
Florence Broadhurst was a prominent Australian designer, best known for her groundbreaking, flamboyant wallpaper patterns. Her life was equally flamboyant: much of her personal life was enigmatic and she maintained several aliases. She was murdered in 1977, and the case was never solved.
Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret & Extraordinary Lives is the first-ever authorized biography of the design icon, both her life and her work.
Broadhurst’s wallpapers have been out of circulation for nearly 20 years, but are now available again through Signature Prints.
You can see more samples of Florence Broadhurst’s wallpaper designs on Design to Inspire.
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