Drawn from the study walls of 1890s Bloomsbury townhouses, this tone-on-tone damask operates entirely within a tonal range of deep charcoal to near-black. The ground — a worked charcoal (#1a1a1a) with the directional grain of tooled leather — carries acanthus scroll columns rising in baroque verticals, their lobes and serrations rendered in warm charcoal so they read as raised relief rather than drawing. Palmette crowns fan outward at each column apex in a cooler blue-charcoal; mirror volutes spiral into acanthus terminals forming the unbroken network of the repeat; ogee frames contain anthemion motifs at the threshold of visibility, perhaps two per cent lighter than the ground, hovering like watermarks in dark paper. Every remaining surface is filled: tiny florets cluster in the interstices, pendant pods hang from the lower ogee curves, leaf serrations add sawtooth texture to every acanthus edge. The cumulative effect is standing inside a carved ebony box — the astonishing complexity reveals itself only as your eyes adjust.

Printed to your wall's exact measurements on matt non-woven paste-the-wall paper and supplied as numbered drop panels, this mural is the making of a library, study, dining room, or any space that benefits from the gravity of absolute dark. It is equally powerful as a single feature wall behind a bed or bookcase. Custom colourways — including deep forest green or ink navy 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