H491 Fragment 19th century Irish wallpaper with

19th century Irish wallpaper with 18th century Irish reproduction moldings

faithful reconstructions and multimedia installations

It is an example of the world’s finest crystallized calcite

Found 300 feet deep in coal mines in a narrow seam of shale lying on top of the coal vein

15" high x 26" wide x 19" deep

H491 Fragment 19th century Irish wallpaper with18th century Italian fragments decorated with aragonite and pyrophyllite with a sculpted canvas, strata of oil paint layers, finished with Italian raw umber glaze and pozzolana (dry ground volcanic ash) for aging. This piece was created by the artist Elena Rousseau for Interi. Elena Rousseau is a mixed media artist seeking to combine contemporary art with Baroque and Rococo elements with methods she learned through her studies in Florence, Italy and