Paper threads

• de Gournay

  Earlham

  Hand-painted chinoiserie on hand-dyed silk. Panel-based (not roll-based) — each panel comes pre-cut to ceiling height. Wheat paste applied to the wall, not the paper. Soak-time is critical: too short and the silk slips during alignment; too long and the ink bleeds. Standard panel width ~91 cm.

  chinoiserie

  paste: wheat

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• de Gournay

  St Laurent

  Hand-painted on hand-dyed silk — quieter palette than Earlham, but the cherry-blossom motif demands stricter horizontal alignment between panels. Plan layout with panel-1 dead-centre of the wall; mistakes here read as crooked tree trunks.

  chinoiserie

  paste: wheat

  0 notes
• Fromental

  Bois

  Hand-painted on silk with embroidered detail elements on select skus. Like de Gournay, sold as panels — but Fromental panels accept clay paste better than wheat in humid environments. Embroidery sections require a soft-roller pass with light pressure during the dry-down phase.

  chinoiserie

  paste: clay

  0 notes
• Fromental

  Non Such

  Hand-painted silk with selective gold-leaf accents. Gold-leaf areas resist paste — applying a thin water-bond first on those zones prevents lift. Soak whole panel 8-10 min before hang; under-soak causes silk creep.

  chinoiserie

  paste: clay

  0 notes

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