SWATCH STUDIOOldham · Est. 1996

Products

What we make.

Every product is made to order, to your size, stock and finish.

Finished Arthouse Playful Prints wallpaper sample book on a trolley in the Oldham workshop

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Wallpaper sample books

The centrepiece of a collection. Bound, mounted and finished by hand so the book sits well in a showroom and survives years on the road.

Typical spec

  • Formats — A4, A3, 240 × 330 mm, bespoke
  • Case — 2 mm greyboard, bookcloth or printed paper
  • Pages — 157–300 gsm silk or uncoated swatch leaves
  • Binding — screw-post, wire-o or section-sewn
  • Finishes — foil blocking, debossing, die-cut windows, creased gatefolds
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Makers inspecting a row of upholstery fabric swatches fanned across a workshop bench

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Fabric swatch books

Swatch booklets for sofas, beds and upholstery. Built to be opened and handled daily, with mounts that hold heavy cloths flat.

Typical spec

  • Formats — A5, 210 × 148 mm, bespoke
  • Mounts — 300 gsm card with glued swatch mounts
  • Binding — wire-o, screw-post or stitched
  • Finishes — foil blocking, blind deboss, corner tabs
  • Extras — die-cut thumb notches, printed index pages
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Kraft and clear sample sleeves holding wallpaper samples with printed labels

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Sample sleeves and wallets

Simple, honest protection for loose samples. Folded, glued and labelled by hand in stocks chosen to suit what goes inside.

Typical spec

  • Sizes — A5, A4, bespoke to your sample
  • Stocks — kraft 300 gsm, recycled board, clear PVC
  • Construction — flat or gusseted, glued or self-seal
  • Printing — one to four colour litho
  • Finishes — foil blocking, hand numbering
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Hanging header card with die-cut wallpaper swatch windows and a brass eyelet, hung from a workshop display rail

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Hanging header cards and waterfall displays

Header cards and hangers that carry your pattern to the shop rail. Printed and punched in the works, drilled and eyeleted by hand.

Typical spec

  • Sizes — A5, A6, 100 × 210 mm, bespoke
  • Stocks — 400–700 gsm board
  • Fixings — brass eyelets, single or double drill
  • Printing — litho or letterpress
  • Finishes — foil blocking, matt lamination; rails and hangers to order
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Maker holding a grey sample-book component beside the workshop heat-seal press

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Bespoke projects

Presentation boxes, sample trays, display units — if it carries a sample and carries your name, we will make it. Talk it through with the binder who will build it.

Typical spec

  • Anything — boxes, trays, wallets, hanging displays
  • Runs — from 50 to 50,000
  • Materials — board, cloth, foam, PVC, to suit
  • Process — one-to-one with the maker, from first mock-up
  • Finishes — everything above, and whatever the job asks for
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Made to order in Oldham

Your collection deserves a sample book that sells it.

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