New Ravenna is pleased to present the Gracie collection in
collaboration with Gracie, makers of handpainted wallpaper
since 1898. For this collection, five Gracie designs were
selected for interpretation into glass mosaic. The designs
were chosen to represent historic themes, from Roman
and Chinese antiquity to the late Japanese Edo period, and
French Art Deco.

Gracie’s intricate designs were transformed into mosaic
by New Ravenna’s master mosaicists through varied
techniques, colors, and textures. First, a dynamic section of
each design was selected and the designs were replicated
in both the original colors of the handpainted wallpaper and
a New Ravenna customized palette. Central motifs were
created in reflective jewel glass, allowing the natural hand
mixed variation of the glass sheets to replicate the feel of
a handpainted surface. Tumbled Sea Glass™ was used as
background material to allow the characters in each design
to remain dominant, and Gracie’s metallic leaf pigments
were honored by using honed antique mirror and 24 karat
gold glass. New Ravenna’s mosaicists used two techniques:
hand nipping glass into similar size shapes in the traditional
mosaic method and scoring the glass to create larger
organic shapes – a method which is traditional of stained
glass. Depending on the intricacy of the design, a panel of
any size will take several weeks and multiple artisans to
complete.

Mosaics in the Gracie collection can be customized in size,
color, and scale to suit the designer’s preferences.