Tulips Against the Wall: Winter Flowers, Parisian Paper, and the Romance of the Interior
February has its own beauty.
The light is pale and low, the days still cold, and yet something begins to shift. In Scandinavia, in Paris, in the Netherlands, this is tulip season, not outdoors, but inside.
At BON TON goods, tulips arrive every February without fail. It is also Shane’s birthday month, and for as long as he can remember, tulips have marked this moment between winter and spring. They are hopeful flowers, not extravagant, not fussy, but full of life and color when the world outside still feels restrained.
This year, tulips are blooming against a backdrop with its own history.
A Wall with a Past: The Tuileries Wallpaper
The wallpaper behind our tulip vases is Tuileries, a reproduction of an 18th-century floral design originally created by the master botanical artist Joseph-Laurent Malaine and printed by the famed Parisian wallpaper maker Jean-Baptiste Réveillon.
Réveillon’s workshop was considered the finest in Europe. His wallpapers adorned aristocratic interiors, including those of Marie Antoinette. Ironically, his success also made him a target, and his home was attacked during the unrest that preceded the French Revolution.
The Tuileries pattern survives as a reminder of that moment in history when walls themselves told stories, when interiors were layered with symbolism, craftsmanship, and beauty meant to be lived with.
Printed today on full-matte non woven paper, the design remains remarkably modern. Flowers climb and twist across a soft sky-blue ground, elegant without being precious, romantic without feeling nostalgic.
Why Tulips Belong Here
Tulips have always been interior flowers.
Long before gardens bloomed, they appeared on tables, in paintings, and in specialized ceramic vessels designed to support each stem individually. The tulip vase was born in the Netherlands during the height of tulip fever, not as a novelty, but as a practical and beautiful solution.
Each spout allows a single flower to stand upright, preventing overcrowding and extending the life of the bloom. The result is sculptural, almost architectural, flowers rising like punctuation marks from ceramic forms.
Against the Tuileries wallpaper, the relationship feels effortless. Dutch restraint meets French exuberance. Structure meets flourish. Ceramic meets paper.
More Than Tulips: Living with These Vases
One of the enduring pleasures of tulip vases is their versatility. While designed for tulips, they are equally beautiful with:
Anemones
Ranunculus
Single stems of narcissus
Dried grasses or sculptural branches
Seasonal cuttings from the garden
We carry both three-tier statement vases and smaller, more intimate forms, allowing them to live easily on dining tables, mantels, sideboards, or shelves. Even empty, they function as sculptural objects, especially when layered against patterned walls.
Winter Into Spring
There is something deeply European about this moment, flowers indoors while winter still holds the streets outside. It is not about waiting for spring, but about welcoming it gently, through objects, color, and ritual.
The Tuileries wallpaper, available in Original Summer, Original Winter, and an exclusive BON TON edition, creates an atmosphere where flowers feel at home year-round. Paired with tulip vases, it turns a simple arrangement into a story, one that spans Paris, Delft, and the present day.
This is how we like to live with things at BON TON goods. Slowly. Thoughtfully. With beauty that reveals itself over time.
Explore the Collection
Tulip vases and Tuileries wallpaper are available in shop and online.
Wallpaper is made-to-order with a delivery time of 1–2 weeks.