Courtauld Makers

Jane McCall

Bloomsbury Revisited is a small British company creating and producing a collection of lampshades and bases inspired by Charleston Farmhouse, items sold in the Courtauld shop.

Jane Howard and Jane McCall became friends in 2003 when their children went to the same village school. For a while they each pursued their own careers in different parts of the country but the friendship endured and by 2020 Jane McC was back in Sussex. The light bulb moment happened later that year when Jane McC ran a lampshade painting course organised by a mutual friend. Always a huge admirer of Jane McC’s artistic talent , Jane H took part and quickly realised there was nothing like this on the market.

Tapping into her business skills learned from a PR career in London, Jane H suggested Jane McC paint some lampshades which they could sell at local fairs. They set up a studio on Jane H’s farm – above a shed of cows! – and Bloomsbury Revisited was born.

"True to the spirit of those flamboyant Bloomsbury Set residents who originally inspired us, we will hold onto our vision of a quirky, rather bohemian enterprise we both love"