This mural recreates the aesthetic of an 18th-century botanical engraving collection, arranged as if laid out across aged paper on a deep warm charcoal ground (#1a1816). A large peony plate dominates the lower-left, its amber and ochre petals rendered in stipple and sepia ink with the kind of fine-grained precision that once distinguished scientific illustration from mere ornament. An elegant rose engraving sweeps through the centre in a gentle S-curve, warm ivory-amber; to the right, a thistle-and-teasel plate rises with sculptural verticality, its spiny forms in cooler sage. A pressed fern sheet lies flat, as if freshly placed; apothecary herbs, a wildflower field study and a trailing vine border weave through the composition and beyond. The charcoal ground carries the ghost of foxing — barely perceptible aged-paper marks that lend the whole a patina of authentic antiquity. In the upper-right, a precisely pinned hawk moth waits to be found; its wing detail repays close inspection entirely.

This is a mural for a formal dining room, a lined library, a powder room where a guest should pause. The warm sepia and amber tones read like candlelight by evening; by daylight the linework sharpens into something more clinical. Printed at your exact wall dimensions and supplied as numbered panels on paste-the-wall non-woven; bespoke colourways, including lighter parchment grounds, are available on request.

• Hand-painted scenic mural, printed to order
• Made to your wall's exact measurements
• Matt non-woven paste-the-wall paper
• Supplied as numbered drop panels
• Sample swatch available
• Custom colourways on request
• Designed & finished in-atelier