{"id":266074,"date":"2025-10-27T12:43:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=266074"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:43:35","slug":"rolls-royce-phantom-centenary","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/rolls-royce-phantom-centenary\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce Rocks Into Its Second Century With Phantom Centenary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To honor 100 years of the world\u2019s most distinguished motor car, Rolls-Royce presents the Phantom Centenary, a bespoke collection limited to 25 hand-built creations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 27, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Nicholas Tamarin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Courtesy of Rolls-Royce<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rolls-Royce Rocks Into Its Second Century With Phantom Centenary<\/h1>\n\n\n

To mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most iconic motor cars, Rolls-Royce introduces the Phantom Centenary\u2014a rare, hand-built collection limited to just 25 models. Developed over three years, Phantom Centenary represents a century of innovation expressed through craftsmanship, artistry, and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among its first-ever design innovations are 3D marquetry, 24-karat gold leafing, and multi-layer ink processes, marking three Rolls-Royce firsts in woodworking. The interior also features laser-etched leathers inspired by early Phantom blueprints, bamboo twill upholstery, hand-woven textiles, and custom embroidery illustrating defining moments and owners from Phantom\u2019s century-long story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above, 440,000 stitches form a mulberry tree motif\u2014an homage to founder Henry Royce\u2019s garden, where his earliest design meetings were held. \u201cThis project uses new techniques to blend metal, wood, paint, fabric, leather, and embroidery into a single, stunning composition,\u201d says Phil Fabre de la Grange, Head of Bespoke at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars<\/a>. \u201cThe surfaces read like a book revealing 100 years of history, rich with symbolic references for clients to admire and decipher over many years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolls Royce Unveils An Interior Of Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To honor 100 years of the world\u2019s most distinguished motor car, Rolls-Royce presents the Phantom Centenary, a bespoke collection limited to 25 hand-built creations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Inside, the Centenary Collection celebrates Phantom\u2019s evolution through couture-inspired textiles and heritage-driven detailing. The interior recalls the earliest Phantoms, when chauffeurs\u2019 seats were upholstered in hardwearing leather while the rear cabins were lined in rich fabrics. In this contemporary homage, Rolls-Royce designers envisioned the front seats as a sketch, and the rear as a painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The front seats are trimmed in white leather, laser-etched with black linework depicting scenes from Phantom\u2019s history. In contrast, the rear seats are crafted in fabric\u2014a contemporary reinterpretation of the famed 1926 Phantom of Love model. This homage to French decorative arts features a high-resolution printed textile and was \u201cconceived as a contemporary interpretation of a handwoven tapestry,\u201d explains Celina Mettang, Bespoke Colour and Material Designer at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. \u201cThe rear seats tell Phantom\u2019s story through carefully curated details, captured in textiles and embroidery. Every embroidered element was digitally redrawn by artisans who selected specific stitch applications for every stroke. For example, in the horse motif, we used spaced stitches to recreate hair texture, then dense stitching to define muscle. One motif went through 24 iterations before we were satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The printed design layers scenes from Phantom\u2019s past: a map of central London; imagery of the French Riviera; and depictions of seven Phantoms from Phantom I through VII. These are accompanied by seven subtle embroideries, each representing an influential owner in Phantom\u2019s history\u2014researched over five months in partnership with a historian. Executed in over 160,000 stitches, the motifs were designed to blend seamlessly with the textile, appearing to float above it in thread. Every section of the rear seating was individually printed, embroidered, and cut into 45 fabric panels, aligned with Savile Row-level precision to follow Phantom\u2019s curves. Designers refined more than a dozen digital iterations to ensure perfect harmony and tonal balance, adjusting Pantone-matched hues for each panel to account for natural fabric variation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Door Panels: Journey In Wood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Celina Mettang, Bespoke Colour and Material Designer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, reviews the newest laser and embroidery design for interior textile surfaces, while Katie Hood, a material artisan, embeds an image on the textile material with an embroidered finish for a 3D effect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rendered in stained Blackwood veneer, the door panels chronicle Phantom\u2019s most significant journeys. Each door tells a chapter. Artisans studied the flora of Australia and Southern France\u2014eucalyptus leaves, pines, cypress, and ferns\u2014to embed subtle natural details throughout the composition. Each gold-leaf dot marks the sites of founder Royce\u2019s homes, while the roads between them are traced in 24-karat gold leaf, precision-cut and inlaid within the wood marquetry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe drew on an extraordinary range of sources\u2014original texts, diaries, photographs, and paintings\u2014to create a composition that weaves together many threads of Phantom\u2019s story,\u201d says Katrin Lehmann, Bespoke Colour and Material Designer at Rolls-Royce. \u201cNew technology developed for this project, including 3D ink layering, allowed us to add details at a scale never before possible\u2014some just 0.13 millimeters high\u2014from a boat sailing across the sea to location names on a map.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each set of doors took over a year to complete, combining 3D marquetry, 3D ink layering, and gold leafing\u2014three Rolls-Royce firsts. Using 50 individual veneer elements, artisans created depth and light interplay through multi-depth laser etching, subtle ink layering, and raised motifs. Some details stand barely above the surface, while others appear to hover in midair. Rolls-Royce designer Celina Mettang says, \u201cThe Centenary is our love letter to Phantom\u2014it\u2019s automotive romance, where every detail holds memory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolls-Royce Draws On 100 Years Of Design History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Centenary at the Home of Rolls-Royce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Founder Henry Royce under the mulberry tree. From left: Sir Henry Royce, C.L. Jenner and E.W Hives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Royce pictured vacationing in the South of France\u2013the region\u2019s aesthetic became a leitmotif in the Phantom Centenary\u2019s design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Spirit of Ecstasy statue inspired by Eleanor Thornton that sits on top of the Phantom Centenary is finished in 24-carat gold depicting Rolls-Royce as the pinnacle of luxury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Each set of doors took over a year to complete, combining 3D marquetry, 3D ink layering, and gold leafing\u2014three Rolls-Royce first. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Each gold-leaf dot marks the sites of founder Henry Royce\u2019s homes, while the roads between them are traced in 24-karat gold leaf, precision-cut and inlaid within the wood marquetry. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n