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SPOTLIGHT ON… De Gournay Chinoiserie
Esteemed English design house de Gournay is revered worldwide for its exquisite hand-painted chinoiserie – garden scenes filled with birds and flowers based on historic wallpapers from grand
European houses in the 17th and 18th centuries inspired by original Chinese wallcoverings. De Gournay created a new colourway of its Siam Chinoiserie for its recently renovated Paris showroom (above). Festooned with the lush flora and fauna of South East Asia, it has an enveloping elegance and tranquillity. All of the
charming details were painted by hand onto white Williamsburg paper, which captures the look of an 18th-century, pigment-rich, dead-flat distemper ground, creating a multi-layered texture and setting a majestic mood of historical authenticity. Siam Chinoiserie wallpaper on White Williamsburg is available from degournay.com THE ENGLISH HOME 17
