La princesse des glycines

With its textured background, the bespoke panoramic wallpaper La Princesse des Glycines evokes Chinese scroll painting and Japanese prints, like parchment. The Chinese ink drawings are extremely fine and delicate. A purple and mauve wisteria in bloom is sublimated by the mountains that are delicately sketched in the background. Bamboos definitively settle us in Asia. This floral wallpaper has been inspired by the Chinese tale “La Princesse de la Forêt de Glycines”. 

The Chinese oral tale “The Princess of the Wisteria Forest” tells the story of Wang, who lives in a small mountain village. One day, a purple-eyed princess appears in his room, accompanied by a scent of wisteria. She proposes to him and gives him gold to build their future house. But she asks Wang to wait for the next moon before starting the construction. Too happy, Wang does not wait. Then is wrongly accused of theft. On the advice of the princess who reappears, he goes to town to prove his innocence. When he comes home, the princess reappears. They get married, have two purple-eyed daughters and live happily ever after. But one day, the princess tells him that happiness cannot last forever. Then, she disappears with her two daughters. Despite the winter, a wisteria begins to grow and comes to embalm Wang's house, symbolising the heart and mind of his wife and daughters.