Wallpaper designers often strove to evoke other
materials in their patterns. In this example the use of thin
tone-on-tone diagonal lines was intended to suggest the appearance of
silk. (Another version of this pattern from the same time period
enhances this effect by printing the leaves atop a set of irisé, or
rainbow colored stripes.)
Also from the French firm of Jacquemart et
Bernard, this pattern was among a group of French papers ordered in
1836 by President Andrew Jackson for his Nashville mansion, The
Hermitage (see Hermitage
Leaf Border and Hermitage
Vine).
This pattern is licensed to Adelphi Paper Hangings
by the Ladies Hermitage Association.
Repeat 18 inches
Width 18 inches
Straight Match
The historic colorway image above shows
two widths of the
pattern installed. Alternate colorway images show one
complete width of the pattern.