The room had lost its cornice in a mid-century renovation. Before any paper was ordered, the client’s cabinetmaker rebuilt the moulding to its 1892 profile. Only then did we measure.

The paper is printed to repeat on a 27-inch drop, which meant the pattern had to be dropped from the cornice line, not the ceiling. We reset the datum, marked every drop, and installed against a plumb line rather than the wall itself.

Under candlelight the ink ground reads almost black; in daylight it opens into deep botanical greens. The pattern is quiet in the morning, theatrical at dinner.