Three decorative matchboxes, gold jingle bells, and green ribbon on red and green marbled paper.
A collection of vintage Christmas ornaments, festive matchboxes, and pink ribbons next to a "Happy Christmas" note on a colorful patterned tablecloth.
Decorative matchboxes with animal illustrations, some open, on a star tray and books on a distressed table.
Three stacked matchboxes with vintage illustrations: a robin, a red Christmas house, and a snowy town scene.
A person's hands writing on a "Merry and Bright" Christmas card, surrounded by many other festive holiday cards and craft supplies on a wooden desk.
Two pairs of hands hold a "Sunflower Matches" box and a color chart box above a wooden bench where colorful candles burn, some being lit.
Hands hold a small booklet featuring a cow and martini glass drawing, on a chessboard with a pink drink and food in the background.
A hand holds an open matchbox depicting "The Fool" tarot card, while another hand holds a lit match.
A black rotating rack displays colorful matchboxes on a green tablecloth against a textured brown wall.
An open matchbox with red-tipped matches and a stylized bird design, amidst yellow flowers and green leaves.
Blue and white striped mugs hang above a slot machine card, a gin bottle card, and a striped plate on a red shelf.
A festive table setting featuring a striped plate, an open matchbox with animal illustrations, silverware, and a lit candle.
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The Pattern Book is a London-based greeting card company founded in 2016 by friends Nick Crowe and Neil Baber. Drawing on their backgrounds in art publishing, they curate imagery from archives, libraries, vintage shops and flea markets, restoring and reworking illustrations sourced from out-of-print books, scientific texts, commercial catalogues and vintage maps. Many designs are instructional or educational in spirit, inspired by ‘how-to’ guides and taxonomical illustration, while others reflect a nostalgia for the interests and lifestyles of long ago.

Our first collection together is an ode to the artist’s workbench, with matchbox designs featuring colour swatches and paint pots.

Colorful lit candles and a matchbox on a wooden bench, with hands holding a diagram above.
A woman lights a candle in a cozy art studio, holding a color palette.
An artist's shelf displays a wooden mannequin, colorful paint palette, various paint swatches, tubes, brushes, a plant, and a glowing candle.
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"Pattern Book’s careful curation of vintage imagery, drawn from archives and out-of-print books, makes them a perfect fit for the Archivist family."
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