This panel was created for a client’s architecturally significant home in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The concept was taken from the 18th Century “Print Rooms” in which prints were affixed to the walls in compositions that included printed “moldings”, ribbons, architectural elements, and other embellishments. A technique akin to decoupage. For this panel, we incorporated the owner’s love of corals and sea motifs with her taste for chinoiserie.
The space behind the small pool was approximately 5 ft by 5 ft. I chose 12″ by 12″ handmade Seneca tiles to lessen the grid of grout lines and to organize the design of suspended cartouches. The connecting device is a decorative chain, suggesting pirates’
treasure, which also incorporates a medallion which allowed us to monogram the project.
The infill for the central coral cartouche was the “Chinoiserie Toile” 2 tile alternating matching scheme design.