Peinture à l'Huile Wrapping Paper

The tubes of Lefranc & Cie were the working materials of French painting for the better part of two centuries. Their silver-grey metal bodies, their color-coded label bands, and the restrained commercial typography identifying each pigment — Vert Émeraude, Jaune de Chrome, Sienne, Bleu de Prusse, Vermillon Orange, Blanc d’Argent — are among the most recognizable objects in the history of the French atelier. On this wrapping paper, reproduced from vintage Lefranc & Cie catalogue illustrations, they repeat across the full sheet in a horizontal sequence on a warm cream ground: the contents of a painter’s drawer, unrolled and made into packaging.

It is wrapping paper that knows what it is doing. The illustrations are drawn from period catalogue material: the precise, unornamented commercial illustration used to present the range to professional painters and decorators. Six tubes appear in the repeat, each rendered in careful tonal gradation with its original label, color band, and pigment name intact. Between them, the cream ground carries fragments of the original catalogue typography in the restrained lettering of the period.

Printed on 90 gsm fine art paper in three sizes and two finishes. Pairs naturally with the Lefranc paint tube ribbon. Also works as a drawer liner, studio surface, or flat-lay background. The reverse is plain white and takes handwriting well.