Schumacher is an esteemed American textile company known for its fine pillows, wallpaper and carpets. The family-owned business is still managed by its founder’s descendants. While committed to its history and traditions, the brand has evolved to maintain its vaulted status for more than 130 years.
Schumacher was established in 1889 in New York by Frederic Schumacher, who was born in France and moved to America that same year. By 1898, the Gilded Age elite were patrons of the company’s exquisite imported European fabrics. Schumacher became one of the first to produce luxury textiles in America and its fabrics began appearing in upscale properties like the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Schumacher grew in prestige in the early 20th century due to its partnerships with top designers such as Josef Frank and Dorothy Draper. Its textiles graced the White House and captured the attention of leading decorators, including Edith Wharton and Elsie de Wolfe.
In the 1920s, Schumacher was a favorite at Mar-a-Lago estates and Newport’s ritzy summer cottages. In the 1930s, French fashion designer Paul Poiret helped usher in the company’s Art Deco era. Schumacher textiles could be found on the sets of Hollywood films, most notably the Hydrangea Drape wallpaper in Gone with the Wind.
After World War II, Schumacher began a decades-long partnership with designer Vera Neumann, whose scarves were worn by the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly. In 1955, legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright developed a textile line with Schumacher. Known as the Taliesin line, it was the first commercial venture of the architect’s career.
In 2011, Andrew and Stephen Puschel became the fifth generation of Schumacher’s descendants to join the family business. The company continues to exemplify a spirit of innovation by partnering with exciting modern designers like Miles Redd, Mary McDonald, David Kaihoi, Veere Grenney and David Oliver. Under the creative direction of Dara Caponigro, Schumacher has also partnered with the biannual luxury interiors magazine Cabana.
On 1stDibs, find Schumacher textiles, wall decorations, rugs and more.
Colonial Williamsburg Schumacher Jones Toile Cream Hand-print Figural Wallpaper
By Schumacher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colonial Williamsburg Schumacher Jones Toile cream hand-print figural wallpaper. From the Schumacher Colonial Williamsburg Wallpaper Collection. This patte...
Paper
Schumacher Paris Natural Cork La Cité 1734 Wallpaper French Photograph Mural
By Schumacher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paris 1734 La Cité Natural Cork Wallcovering, Schumacher Wallpaper, Mural. La Cité is a reproduction of the Turgot Map of Paris, originally publish...
Cork, Paper
Schumacher Haruki Sisal Wallpaper In Celery
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This classic sisal wallcovering boasts sheen, texture and an endless color palette. From chic neutrals to saturated hues, it offers a bevy of tactile options that are a sophisticated...
Grasscloth
Schumacher Haruki Sisal Wallpaper In Patina
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This classic sisal wallcovering boasts sheen, texture and an endless color palette. From chic neutrals to saturated hues, it offers a bevy of tactile options that are a sophisticated...
Grasscloth
$2,241 / set
H 142.875 in W 162 in D 0.01 in
Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Bisou Wallpaper Mural in Tin
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Digitally printing California-based muralist Colette Cosentino’s gauzy weeping willow painting on a pearlized ground imparts a subtle shimmer to the ...
Paper
Schumacher Haruki Sisal Wallpaper In Mauve
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This classic sisal wallcovering boasts sheen, texture and an endless color palette. From chic neutrals to saturated hues, it offers a bevy of tactile options that are a sophisticated...
Grasscloth
Schumacher by Miles Redd Villa Wallpaper Mural in Sky
By Schumacher, Miles Redd
Located in New York, NY
Villa is a panel design that instantly creates the look of a tented room. Its scalloped border and chic painterly tassels add instant personality to a room. Tenting ends at 53 ½”. P...
Paper
Schumacher Amaltas Wallpaper Mural in Document
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Otherworldly and enchanting, this blue-and-red Amaltas Panel is a wallpaper based on an 18th century block-printed fabric document discovered in our archives. A forest of exotic flow...
Paper
$2,241 / set
H 142.875 in W 162 in D 0.01 in
Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Bisou Wallpaper Mural in Mineral
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Digitally printing California-based muralist Colette Cosentino’s gauzy weeping willow painting on a pearlized ground imparts a subtle shimmer to the ...
Paper
$2,241 / set
H 144 in W 162 in D 0.01 in
Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Chatoant Wallpaper Mural in Blush
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
An ethereal water garden of lily pads, lotuses, and wispy vines materialize from layers of translucent paint in artist Colette Cosentino’s otherworld...
Paper
$1,056 / item
H 288 in W 34 in D 0.01 in
Schumacher Les Bambous Sisal Botanical Hand Printed Wallpaper in Fog
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This chic pattern imparts a glamorous, exotic air to a room. Since Schumacher was founded in 1889, our family-owned company has been synonymous with style, taste, and innovation. ...
Paper
Schumacher Kireina Lotus Wallpaper Mural in Mineral
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
By using intensely saturated colors and scaling up the proportions—each panel measures 12 feet high—a demure lotus motif adapted from a 17th-century Japanese woodblock transforms int...
Paper
$1,494 / set
H 144 in W 108 in D 0.01 in
Schumacher by Colette Cosentino Sirene Wallpaper Mural in Opal
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Artist Colette Cosentino blurs and blends a twilit sea and sky into abstractions of tonal color for this atmospheric mural, digitally printed in two ...
Paper
Schumacher Cloud Toile Wallpaper in Gold
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
A sumptuous take on a design that debuted in the 1970s, this wide-width, screenprinted cloud pattern has unique depth and an ethereal, mural-like effect. Since Schumacher was found...
Paper
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H 8 in W 12 in D 12 in
Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Linen Textile Swatch 1955 Design 105 Schumacher, Red
By Schumacher, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large textile panel swatch (approximately 48 x 24) Design 105 dating to Frank Lloyd Wright’s original 1955 collection for Schumacher. Extremely rare original large scale fabric, with...
Linen
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H 1 in W 2,592 in D 27 in
Schumacher Vintage Chinoiserie Wallpaper "Peace and Nobility, ” Hand-Printed
By Schumacher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Schumacher vintage chinoiserie wallpaper 16 single rolls "Peace and Nobility” original packaging, as 8 double rolls. 16" circular medalli...
Paper