Designer and decorator Don Loper created the Martinique Banana Leaf print for the hotel in 1942, and it has maintained a level of cultural influence across design, travel, fashion, and art ever since.

Back from the Bahamas in 1941, Lucile and Remy Chatain Sr. of CW Stockwell textiles asked illustrator Albert Stockdale: Could he distill the island’s jungly land- scapes into a wallpaper? He ...

Here’s how: Wallpaper: If CW Stockwell’s Martinique paper is out of your price range, similar prints abound. Etsy’s WallFlora Shop has a peel and stick wallpaper with a banana leaf design.

From palm fronds to banana leaf prints, bold modern interpretations abound By Jennifer Tzeses Updated March 7, 2018, 6:04 am EST | Originally Published March 7, 2018, 6:05 am EST | Mansion Global Save ...