Sanderson’s distinctive floral signature combines beautifully observed, hand-drawn designs, inspired by nature and elegant and easy to live with. All patterns begin as a piece of artwork sketched from real life by the talented Buckinghamshire-based design team, on their regular field trips to the countryside. Additionally, the extensive archive is a wonderful resource, containing precious collected pieces that date back to the Renaissance. It’s no wonder that time spent delving through the drawers can often spark creative ideas. What’s more, working to a definitive core colour palette (which is injected with new highlights each season) means that there is effortless coordination across the full range. And the production process is managed by highly skilled in-house craftsmen from start to finish, from designers to colourists, and from engravers to printers.

New this year is ‘A Celebration of the National Trust by Sanderson’, a collection of fabrics – seven embroideries, two weaves and 11 prints – inspired by the nature and culture found throughout the Trust’s country homes, gardens and fenlands. The five themes include The Fens, where the weaving grasses and wild flower patterns represent the tranquillity of Cambridgeshire’s Wicken Fen nature reserve; Under the Greenwood Tree, which is based on cottage gardens such as Thomas Hardy’s Dorset home, and The Lookout, all darting seabirds and rolling waves that signify the 780 miles of coastline and wildlife within the Trust’s care.