ERA x Calico - Scenic Wallpaper

Our hand-drawn Scenic wallpaper was inspired by historic landscape murals found in New York City's grand dining rooms before the invention of repeat printing technology. We chose a 1910 postcard of Prospect Park, the Frederick Law Olmsted–designed centerpiece of Brooklyn, as inspiration to showcase the beauty of our own backyard. The postcard's undulating horizon and deep perspective was the starting point, while the hand-wrought ink drawing combines the loose gestural quality of a painted brushstroke with the precision of the micron line.

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