Lookbook: Volterra by Jannelli & Volpi

Volter­ra by Jan­nel­li & Volpi intro­duces Ital­ian-inspired 20^th- and 21^st-cen­tu­ry design to Wolf-Gor­don. A leader in archi­tec­ture, inte­ri­ors, prod­ucts, and graph­ics, Italy set the stan­dard for mod­ern lux­u­ry in both com­mer­cial and res­i­den­tial spaces after World War II. 
 

Orig­i­nal­ly launched as res­i­den­tial wall­pa­per by Milan-based design firm Jan­nel­li & Volpi, these pat­terns are now offered as Type II con­tract wall­cov­er­ings, blend­ing high crafts­man­ship with Wolf-Gordon’s dura­bil­i­ty and easy maintenance. 

Araz­zo Novo

The nuances of block-print­ed, hand­craft­ed fab­ric are present in Araz­zo Novo, a rus­tic damask. Irreg­u­lar­i­ties in the print draw the eye across the pat­tern and imply the touch of a craftsman. 

Piaz­za dei Priori

The tex­tured cob­ble­stones of pub­lic piaz­zas and the stun­ning stonework of icon­ic Ital­ian archi­tec­ture are ref­er­enced in this geo­met­ric block pat­tern, Piaz­za dei Pri­ori. Lay­ered shapes and a sub­tle Mylar® shim­mer add depth, move­ment, and a touch of glamour. 

Medicea Geo 

This com­plex, graph­ic geo­met­ric nods to bold Ital­ian art and design from the post-war era, blend­ing the vig­or of com­mer­cial Ital­ian graph­ics with the play­ful­ness of the Mem­phis art movement. 

Stel­la Nova

Nos­tal­gic yet sleek, Stel­la Nova recalls the met­al trac­ery and rich col­ors of hand-paint­ed fres­coes while remain­ing luxe and con­tem­po­rary. Mylar® details cap­ture the light as it changes, result­ing in a beau­ti­ful­ly dynam­ic design.

L’Albero

A ver­sa­tile, qui­et­ly pow­er­ful wood look that is not over­ly rus­tic, this ele­gant wood­grain is a beau­ti­ful way to bring warmth into a space. L’Albero’s is a strik­ing choice for restau­rants, hotels, homes, or high-end retail environments. 

Le Nuv­ole

Soft, cloud­like for­ma­tions drift dream­i­ly across Le Nuv­ole, a tran­quil wall­cov­er­ing with the lay­ered appear­ance of a water­col­or paint­ing. This med­i­ta­tive, atmos­pher­ic pat­tern pos­sess­es a remark­able depth of lay­er­ing and detail. 

Bel­la Palma

Mediter­ranean sun­light fil­ter­ing down through palm fronds and ferns inspired Bel­la Pal­ma, a painter­ly botan­i­cal wall­cov­er­ing. Pat­terned with the shad­ows of leaves rather than a lit­er­al plant, soft­ness and abstrac­tion ele­vate the design. 

Bel­lis­si­mo

Noth­ing says casu­al Ital­ian ele­gance like the com­fort­able, refined drape of breezy linen fab­rics. Bel­lis­si­mo, the Volter­ra collection’s stand­out linen look, cap­tures the appear­ance and tex­ture of this stan­dard in a durable Type II wallcovering. 

La Stra­da

La Stra­da, Ital­ian for ​“the street,” fea­tures metal­lic linework that mean­ders across a silk­like back­drop. Its angu­lar shapes resem­ble ancient urban foot­paths that evolved into con­tem­po­rary road­ways. The linework is print­ed on its refined silk pat­tern coor­di­nate, Su Misura.

Su Misura 

Italy’s tra­di­tion of fine tai­lor­ing in silk is reflect­ed in Su Misura, a quin­tes­sen­tial silk-like wall­cov­er­ing. Tone-on-tone stri­a­tions of col­or are lay­ered through­out the pat­tern in a gor­geous inter­pre­ta­tion of hand­wo­ven fabric.