Museum-grade conservation hanging for hand-painted Chinese raw silks, gilded gold-leaf backgrounds, and continuous scenic panoramics. Archival lining paper, white-glove handling, and zero-paste surface protection across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Greenwich.
A bespoke set of de Gournay, Gracie Studio, or Fromental wallcoverings is not wallpaper — it is a priceless commissioned artwork. Handcrafted by master artists in London, Paris, and Shanghai over hundreds of hours, each panel features mineral gouache and delicate watercolor painted onto organic raw silk, Xuan paper, or 22k gilded gold leaf.
At upwards of $15,000 to $50,000+ per room, there is zero margin for error. A single water droplet, fingerprint, or touch of paste will permanently ruin unsealed silk. At ProKir Design, we hang these masterpieces with museum conservation protocols, lint-free microfiber gloves, and acid-free archival lining papers.
Every de Gournay and Gracie project adheres to an exacting museum preservation standard engineered to protect priceless hand-painted artwork.
Bespoke Chinoiserie panels are numbered sequentially. Before any adhesive is mixed, we dry-map every panel across room elevations, symmetrically centering focal vignettes (cherry blossoms, temples, exotic cranes) on hero walls and mantels without slicing delicate centerpieces across corners.
Raw silk and gilded leaf grounds absorb oils and moisture instantly. Master artisans handle all unsealed panels wearing lint-free microfiber gloves and apply specialized low-moisture conservation wheat pastes that eliminate strike-through and water staining.
Natural silk contracts and expands with seasonal humidity. We cross-line surfaces with acid-free archival lining paper (blanket stock) beneath the mural. This creates a tension buffer, prevents plaster ghosting, and enables future preservation or relocation.
Hand-painted silk panels arrive untrimmed with painted overlap selvedges. We hand-trim and on-wall double-cut seams using fresh Japanese carbon steel blades on every cut, ensuring continuous brushstrokes and invisible joint junctions without pulling or fraying.
From historic 18th-century French panoramas to bespoke English hand-painted botanicals and modern sculpted silks.
Bespoke hand-painted wallpapers from de Gournay (Earlham, Willow, St. Laurent, Amazonia, Plum Blossom). Exquisite custom colorways on natural silk and gold leaf.
Since 1898, the historic standard of American luxury. Hand-painted imperial scenes, blossoming magnolias, and exotic birds painted on layered Japanese papers and teasel grounds.
Hand-applied leafing in 22k yellow gold, 12k white gold, and antiqued silver. Demands absolute clean-room installation environments and specialized non-abrasive tools.
London design house combining hand-painting with three-dimensional hand-embroidery in silk, metallic bullion wire, and pearl embellishments on velvet and raw silk grounds.
Everything you need to know about preserving, preparing, and installing hand-painted silk and Chinoiserie in NYC.
de Gournay and Gracie panels are hand-painted works of fine art, created by master artists in London, Paris, and Shanghai using delicate mineral pigments and watercolor on raw unsealed silk or gold-leaf grounds. They have zero protective vinyl coatings. Any water droplet, adhesive smudge, or oil from skin causes permanent, unfixable damage. Each project requires white-glove handling, specialized low-moisture conservation wheat pastes, and cross-hung archival lining paper.
Natural silk breathes and expands differently than drywall or plaster. Archival lining paper creates an acid-free tension-buffering membrane that prevents seam shearing, hides microscopic plaster imperfections, and isolates the delicate silk from alkaline chemical reactions within pre-war plaster walls.
Before opening adhesive, we complete a meticulous dry layout mapping the entire numbered panel sequence across the room. We balance primary focal vignettes (pagodas, hero blossom trees, exotic birds) symmetrically across center walls and fireplace mantels, ensuring no delicate painted vignettes are sliced by door casings or sconces.
Yes, when installed with our preservation-grade archival lining protocol. The lining paper allows future conservators to delaminate and salvage the painted panels intact. Alternatively, we also install de Gournay and Gracie onto custom-stretched museum frames or lightweight composite panels that can be hung as movable architectural artwork.
Yes. We carry comprehensive $2M general liability insurance and provide custom COIs with all required building management endorsements within 24 hours for all Manhattan and Brooklyn luxury buildings.
Text photos of your room, elevation blueprints, or panel schematics directly to master installer Kirill for an immediate quote within 1-2 hours.
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