What’s Below

This work has to do with staying grounded, and paying attention to where we are and to the lost history of our cities.

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Thames
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Thames is a compilation of rubbings of grates and covers that Merenda did while walking along the Thames when she lived in London.

  • Sizes: 48" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 48" wide by 113" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • Thames Tear Sheet

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Brooklyn Manhole
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While most people walk over manholes every day without a second glance, they have captivated Merenda for a long time. An addition to the NYC Manhole collection, Brooklyn Manhole was created from rubbings of manhole covers in Brooklyn.

  • Sizes: 40" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 40" wide by 64" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight 1/3 step repeat (pattern match at 21.3")

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • Brooklyn Manhole Tear Sheet

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London Grate
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Merenda created London Grate by making rubbings of different surfaces she encountered while living in London. This particular one is from a grate near Tate Britain. The loose nature of the rubbing lets you sense her hand and the rhythm of the circular pattern.

  • Sizes: 50" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 25" wide by 20.8" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • London Grate Tear Sheet

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NYC Manhole
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Merenda created this pattern from rubbings on various NYC manhole covers, specifically covers made by foundries in NYC. Like the Native Americans whose culture and history lies beneath these manholes, the foundries near the turn of the 20th century are a thing of the past and do not thrive anymore. NYC manhole production is now outsourced and made in India.

  • Sizes: 40" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 40" wide by 78" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • NYC Manhole Tear Sheet

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New York Arrowheads
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Merenda drew New York Arrowheads from photos taken of arrowheads collected in NYC. This pattern honors the craftsmanship of the indigenous people who inhabit these lands.

  • Sizes: 50" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 10" wide by 9.6" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • New York Arrowheads Tear Sheet

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Native Tools
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Native Tools was created from drawings of photographed artifacts found in NYC. Merenda sourced many images from the Native American Museum in lower Manhattan. This pattern pays homage to the Lenape people, whose land NYC was built on, and it reminds us that we are on stolen land and to respect the land we share.

  • Sizes: 45" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 9" wide by 19" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • Native Tools Tear Sheet

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Oysters
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While working on her What’s Below collection in London, Merenda was inspired by some beautiful oysters she had eaten. After bringing the shells back to her flat and doing several continuous line drawings with pen on paper for each of the shells, Oysters was born.

Oysters played a major role in NYC’s history—from the Lenape Native Americans who lived and used them for food, plaster, tools and burial grounds, to the great oyster trade era near the turn of the 20th Century. Oysters were so abundant that they used the shells to pave the streets.

  • Sizes: 40" wide per yard on a continual bolt OR by panel (either 9', 10'6" or 12' long)

  • Pattern Repeat: 40" wide by 29.5" long

  • Pattern Match: Straight

  • Paper comes untrimmed.

  • All of our designs are digitally printed to order, which allows us to print custom panel lengths for a unique wall height. Please contact Info@MerendaWallpaper.com for custom lengths, pricing or additional substrate options.

  • Need help choosing a substrate? Find out more information about each material here.

  • Oysters Tear Sheet

Native Tools
Thames
NYC Manhole
Oysters
Brooklyn Manhole
NYC Manhole

We move so quickly and get caught up in the future that we sometimes forget to look at where we are standing—to think of what happened before us in this very place. This collection inspires viewers to think about what’s beneath. It pays homage to the native persons, lost trades and craft persons, and to the foundries that built our great cities.

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