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title: "Masterpiece London 2019 | Mr Wallcover"
url: https://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/masterpiece-london-2019/
description: "A bespoke hand-crafted wallcovering, installed on an exhibition stand at the Masterpiece London art fair in June 2019, set out with laser levels."
author: "Dorin Burcus"
last_updated: 2026-10-11
---

Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3

# Masterpiece London 2019

A bespoke, hand-crafted wallcovering in bold abstract shapes, installed on a stand at the Masterpiece London art fair in June 2019.

## At a glance

**Client**
: An exhibitor at Masterpiece London

**Designer**
: –Not recorded

**Main contractor**
: –Not recorded

**Maker and paper**
: Bespoke hand-crafted wallcovering

**Area or rooms**
: –Not recorded

**Scope**
: Installation of a bespoke hand-crafted wallcovering on an exhibition stand

**Year**
: 2019

Masterpiece London was the summer art and antiques fair in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. In June 2019 we installed a bespoke, hand-crafted wallcovering on one of its stands: bold abstract shapes in teal, red and blue, outlined in gold.

## At a glance

- **Where:** Masterpiece London 2019, Royal Hospital Chelsea
- **When:** June 2019
- **Scope:** installation of a bespoke hand-crafted wallcovering on an exhibition stand
- **Set-out:** laser levels

## A fair stand

A fair stand is built and dressed in days, and it is seen close up by every visitor. A hand-crafted design has no repeat to fall back on, so each panel is placed where the design needs it, set out with laser levels so the outlines run through from one panel to the next.

## Photographs on this page

Our own photographs, first posted on our Instagram, [@mrwallcover](https://www.instagram.com/mrwallcover/), on 21 and 26 June 2019 ([By-zBigFOAR](https://www.instagram.com/p/By-zBigFOAR/), [BzLSNUKFouL](https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLSNUKFouL/)). The exhibitor is not named.

## Photographs

How the commission ran

## The same standards, on every commission.

Whether the client is a hotel group, a designer or a household, the job runs the same way. These are the parts a photograph never shows.

01

### Survey and scope, room by room

We measure the wall that will actually be hung, allow for the repeat and the wastage, and write a scope of works room by room before anyone orders paper.

02

### Preparation decides the finish

Walls are filled, made good and primed until they are true. If a wall is not ready for the material specified, we say so before the last drop is ordered.

03

### Protection and containment

Floors, furniture and finished joinery are protected as part of the hang. Work is contained and the place is left tidy each evening. In a home we are visitors; in a hotel we work around the house.

04

### Batch and shade control

Deliveries are checked against the measure, and batches and shading are managed so that a corridor of rooms reads as one surface.

05

### Set out from the room's focal points

Pattern is set out from chimneypieces, doorcases and bed walls, so the design meets the cornice and the joinery with composure.

06

### One team, then the return visit

The people who start are the people who finish. Four to six weeks after completion we come back to look at every seam and edge, and the workmanship is guaranteed for twelve months.

[See the finish up close: seams, internal corners, edges and joins from our own installations](https://www.mrwallcover.com/details/)

By [Dorin Burcus](https://www.mrwallcover.com/about/#dorin), founder · Last updated 11 October 2026