Graham Robertson and David Mead first met in London in the fifties. Both had been trained in the disciplines of drawing and painting and shared similar viewpoints and interests.

They formed a professional partnership in the seventies in Sydney and finally established their own company in 1984, ROBERTSON MEAD.

They opened their shop in Paddington, Sydney, in 1986, with agencies in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. With their two Bicentennial toiles, Primavera and Terra Australis, launched in 1988, ROBERTSON MEAD began to be seen as document toile specialists. As a result, handprints of these toiles were accepted by several major museums for inclusion in their textile archives.

During this period ROBERTSON MEAD received orders to supply special colourways of their designs for embassy residences in Rome and Tokyo, and later for the High Commissioner's residence in Singapore.

The ROBERTSON MEAD partners are passionately interested in the history of all textiles, and in terms of commercial design they believe in the dictum of the legendary Coco Chanel: "Fashion passes, style remains".

The partners are also dedicated to the importance of fine drawings exhibitions worldwide.

ROBERTSON MEAD is a niche company with a reputation for exclusivity and excellence in its small but expanding collection. It furnished the fabric for the Australian Vogue Living magazine stand at the Decorex show in Melbourne in 1991, and later, for the same magazine, for room-settings in a display at the David Jones store in Sydney.

Recently they have produced large-scale motifs in metallics on faux-suède for the contract market.

Both partners are in total control of the business, which is self-funding.