Wrapping paper created from drawings in Treatise on Fruit Trees by Duhamel du Monceau (1768). The drawings are by French botanist Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840), a highly respected botanical illustrator of the Napoleonic era. Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden. Use for gift wrapping, scrapbooking, or as decorative accent paper for bookbinding and other crafts. A sheet may also be hung as a unique poster art print. Single SheetMeasures: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (490x700mm)90gsm uncoated acid free Italian paperPrinted with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press Ships rolled in plastic poly packaging. Printed in London U.K.The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
