The iconic pattern has a shady past.1985: Blanche Devereaux's bedroom on the Golden Girls features a banana leaf-print wallpaper and a matching bedspread. 2004: In the film The Aviator, Howard ...

He could: The banana-leaf pattern Martinique, launched the next year, would soon be installed in CW Stockwell’s showroom—and featured in AD.

The Beverly Hills Hotel is home to what is perhaps one of the most recognizable wallpapers in the world. Designer and decorator Don Loper created the Martinique Banana Leaf print for the hotel in ...

He could: The banana-leaf pattern Martinique, launched the next year, would soon be installed in CW Stockwell’s showroom—and featured in AD. Decorator Don Loper set eyes on CW Stockwell’s striking ...

He could: The banana-leaf pattern Martinique, launched the next year, would soon be installed in CW Stockwell’s showroom—and featured in AD.