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This is an intricate, delicate, all-over floral pattern from The Stencil Library.  It is smaller in scale than most floorcloth patterns and creates an interesting field from a distance with the lovely floral execution becoming apparent as you get closer to the pattern.    

The Hay House is a National Historic Landmark owned by the Georgia Historic Trust.  The exterior of the house was completed in 1860 and the furnishing of the interior was complete by about 1870, after the civil war.  Known as The Palace of the South, the 18,000 square foot mansion is capped by a cupola 80 feet above the ground that provides sweeping views of the city of Macon.  Please visit the Hay House website to learn about this remarkable home and see a virtual tour of parts of its interior.

In 2010, Gracewood Design created a new version of the original floor covering in the dining room, a floorcloth from about 1870.  Pieces of this floorcloth had been discovered under built-in bookcases that were being removed as part of a dining room renovation.  

The original floorcloth remnant and Gracewood's interpretation are shown here.  The original floorcloth was burlap-based, and the design was probably applied either by stamping or some sort of printing/rolling process that deposited a thick, textured application of the heavy oil-based paint products used at the time.  The pattern has an 8” repeat, with each red ”cross” and black “star” measuring 8”.  

This pattern is from The Stencil Library, a great source for a wide variety of stencils in varying styles.  We choose this one for its arts & crafts bent and look forward to trying it with different placements of the tiles and assorted palettes.

This floorcloth is in our inventory and available for immediate shipment.