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Elena Palossi

Elena Palossi Wallpaper maker
Contact
Italian, French
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 0289504786
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Bringing sets to life

  • • Elena decorated Casa Casuarina, in Miami
  • • Every stage of her work is carried out by hand
  • • Painting and drawing is part of the Italian cultural heritage

Elena Palossi is a set designer and set painter. Just after finishing her studies, she worked as an assistant to Giorgio Cristini, set designer of the famous Scala theatre in Milan. In 1992, she founded Larghevedute studio together with the painter and sculptor Paolo Larici, and they worked on the decorations of Casa Casuarina in Miami, owned by the fashion designer Gianni Versace. It began a long collaboration which led to the creation of important decorative projects in his houses all around the world. "All our paintings are unique and made on pure cellulose paper, non-woven paper or cotton canvas using classical painting techniques," says Elena, who has great experience in luxury design.

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Works

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Jungle green

These paper rolls were hand printed and hand painted with water-based inks and paints. The wallpaper is part of the Mixedmade Wallpaper Collection. The Jungle Green design depicts a scene within an imaginary jungle whose leaves reveal bits of sky and a distant horizon.

Height 300 cm
Width 342 cm

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Olive leaf gold wallpaper

This wallpaper was hand painted with acrylic paints and natural organics pigments and colours. The wallpaper is part of Elena Palossi’s hand painted Wallpaper Collection. This charming and sophisticated wall decoration was entirely painted by hand on paper and is inspired by the grotesque decorations, the ancient Roman decorative patterns discovered during the Renaissance.

Height 300 cm
Width 342 cm

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Pin tropical forest wallpaper

These wallpaper rolls, part of Elena Palossi’s hand painted Wallpaper Collection, are hand painted with acrylic paints. An enveloping forest with lush tropical plants immersed in a soft, pink atmosphere is the subject of this stunning wallpaper. The unique result will transform any interior with its mesmerising charm.

Height 300 cm
Width 342 cm

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Pin tropical forest wallpaper

This elegant wallpaper, part of Elena Palossi’s hand painted Wallpaper Collection, was hand painted with acrylic paints and natural organic pigments and colours. The original painting was entirely painted to a 1 to 1 scale, freehand on paper, without a preliminary pencil sketch. The result is a magnificent piece of wall decoration in silver, green, beige and white.

Height 300 cm
Width 342 cm

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