Annie Sloan Stencil Chinoiserie Birds mechanical engineer With its elegantly simple design

With its elegantly simple design borrowed from a Japanese pen and ink drawing

Castle Gray’s first use may have been on the exterior woodwork of a castle

A clean strong blue originally found in the hall of 17th century St

having been founded in 1692 and employing textile traditions dating back to the 1400s

Annie Sloan Stencil Chinoiserie Birds mechanical engineer With its elegantly simple designChinoiserie is the extravagant, whimsical, dreamlike 17th Century Western interpretation of Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions. This Chinoiserie Bird stencil design has been inspired in particular by the exquisite hand painted wallpapers at the palace of Drottningholm in Sweden. Use for an elegant, glamorous or avant garde look. Add touches of gold leaf for an authentically palatial finish.