Butterflies Specialty Paper Gift Wrap Sheet

Adapted from Papillons by E.A. Séguy (1925). Séguy used the pochoir technique – the intricate layering of paints using stencils – to create beautiful templates for use on textiles, wallpapers and other interior design media. Here we have used his butterfly compositions, accurately observed from scientific drawings, to create wrapping paper. Courtesy Smithsonian Libraries / Biodiversity Heritage Libraries. 9

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 Sheet
Measures: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (490x700mm)
90gsm uncoated acid free Italian paper
Printed 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.