Colombes et Lis by Verneuil Art Print Color:Unframed It rewards a closer look

It rewards a closer look — the fine line work in the manes and petals only shows up when you stand near

rattan and a single houseplant

Portrait shape means it earns its keep on narrower walls too — between two windows

Two tiny figures drift in shallow green-blue water

Colombes et Lis by Verneuil Art Print Color:Unframed It rewards a closer lookBack in 1897, this doves and lilies pattern belonged to another kind of home Belle poque salons with patterned wallpapers, brass sconces and parlour lilies in tall vases. On a quieter modern wall it stops feeling like wallpaper and starts feeling like a held breath. The olive and ochre ground recedes, the white wings step forward, and the room around it slows down. Hangs beautifully above a sideboard in a hallway, along a stair landing, or above a low