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Bugs Specialty Paper Gift Wrap Sheet
Adapted from colored engravings by W. H. Lizars (1788-1859).
Use for gift wrapping, scrapbooking, or as decorative accent paper for bookbinding and other crafts. A sheet may also be hung as a unique poster art print.
Single Sheet
Measures: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (490x700mm)
90gsm uncoated acid free Italian paper
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press
Ships rolled in plastic poly packaging.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Bunny Demon Greeting Card
Adapted from 'Compendium Rarissimum Totius Artis Magicae'. Watercolour drawing, c. 1775. Wellcome Collection. The book contains 31 extraordinary watercolour drawings of demons, and three pages of magical and cabbalistic signs. This depiction of Beelzebub has rabbit ears, a tiger’s face, clawed fingers and bird’s legs. Original work licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0).
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Cabinet of Gems Greeting Card
Adapted from 'The cabinet of gems; or vocabulary of precious stones, coloured and arranged according to their comparative value: together with a description of the largest known diamonds and coloured gems in the world', S Batchelor (1840). Courtesy of the Gemological Institute of America.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Cats Greeting Card
Adapted from an illustration in 'The Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature', Abraham Rees (1820). © Science Museum Group
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Chemistry of Birthday Candle Card
Adapted from the ‘Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination’ in 'The Chemical Atlas Designed for the Use of Students and Pupils in all Schools Where Chemistry is Taught' (1854) by Edward L. Youmans.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Color Wheels Greeting Card
Adapted from colour theory diagrams by chemist and Nobel laureate, Wilhelm Ostwald (1916). Ostwald introduced grey-scale value or brightness into colour theory, influencing Piet Mondrian and the De Stijl movement.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Cotton Silk Wool Greeting Card
Adapted from 'The Aniline Colours of the Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik … and their Application on Wool, Cotton, Silk and other Textile Fibres' (1901). The Baden Aniline and Soda Factory as it is known in English, or BASF, is now the largest chemical company in the world.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Dog Breeds Greeting Card
What's your favourite dog breed? This double-sided card, adapted from 'Harmsworth’s Universal Encyclopaedia' (1922), illustrates over 40 breeds, including the extraordinarily popular French bulldog.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Fireworks Greeting Card
Adapted from the ‘Illustrated Catalogue of Day and Night Bombshells of the Hirayama Fireworks Co., Yokohama, Japan,’ (c.1883). Courtesy Yokohama City Library.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Fireworks Specialty Paper Gift Wrap Sheet
Adapted from the 'Illustrated Catalogue of Day and Night Bombshells of the Hirayama Fireworks Co., Yokohama, Japan' (c.1883). Courtesy Yokohama City Library.
Use for gift wrapping, scrapbooking, or as decorative accent paper for bookbinding and other crafts. A sheet may also be hung as a unique poster art print.
Single Sheet
Measures: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (490x700mm)
90gsm uncoated acid free Italian paper
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press
Ships rolled in plastic poly packaging.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Fungi Greeting Card
Adapted from 'Outlines of British Fungology' by M J Berkeley (1860). Image courtesy University of Toronto Library.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Game Boy Greeting Card
Adapted from US patent application filed by the Nintendo Company in 1993 for a revision of their ‘compact hand-held video game system’, first launched in 1989 as the Game Boy.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Head Over Heels Card
Adapted from 'Tumbling for Amateurs', James Gwathmey (1921). Courtesy The Library of Congress.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
How to Make a Rainbow Greeting Card
Adapted from 'An introduction to perspective: practicalgeometry, drawing and painting' (sixth edition, 1845) by the English painter Charles Hayter(1761-1835).
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Indoor Plants Greeting Card
Adapted from In-door plants and how to grow them, for the drawing-room, balcony, and greenhouse, E.A. Maling, 1861. Garden Museum collection.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Latin Primer Greeting Card
Adapted from 'Latin Primer: a first book of Latin for boys and girls', Joseph Henry Allen (1870). Courtesy The Library of Congress.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Lucky Charms Greeting Card
Adapted from a postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms, c.1910. Wellcome Collection.
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Magnetism Greeting Card
Magnetism: electrical equipment and magnetic phenomena. Adapted from a coloured engraving by J. Emslie, (1850).
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Meanings of Color Greeting Card
Colour chart adapted from 'Thought-Forms' by Annie Besant and CW Leadbeater (1905).
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Op Art Specialty Paper Gift Wrap Sheet
Use for gift wrapping, scrapbooking, or as decorative accent paper for bookbinding and other crafts. A sheet may also be hung as a unique poster art print.
Single Sheet
Measures: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (490x700mm)
90gsm uncoated acid free Italian paper
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press
Ships rolled in plastic poly packaging.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Pencils Greeting Card
Colour illustration adapted from A.W. Faber’s 1897 stationery catalogue. Courtesy University of Houston Libraries.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Prismatics Greeting Card
From James Sowerby's 'A New Elucidation of Colour' (1809). Sowerby's theories of colour mixing anticipated modern printing techniques and were a significant influence on Turner.
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Seaweeds Greeting Card
Adapted from 'A popular history of British seaweeds. Comprising their structure, fructification, specific characters, arrangement and general distribution, with notices of some of the fresh-water algae'. Rev D. Landsborough (1857).
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Sewing Stitches Greeting Card
Adapted from 'The National Encyclopedia for the Home, School and Library' (1923). Courtesy Library of Congress.
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
The Buffalo Tap Dance Birthday Card
The Buffalo 1, posed by Catherine O’Neil. Adapted from 'Tap Dancing at a Glance', Jimmy Ormonde (1932).
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Thinking of You Greeting Card
Adapted from 'The Household Physician: a twentieth century medica. A practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with latest discoveries in medicine and most approved methods of treatment' (1905). Wellcome Collection. Original work licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0).
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
To Hell With Birthdays Card
A skeleton dressed as a devil with sword. Adapted from a lithograph by L Crusius (1898).
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Tools Specialty Paper Gift Wrap Sheet
Adapted from ‘Every Man His Own Mechanic’ by Francis Chilton-Young (1883).
Use for gift wrapping, scrapbooking, or as decorative accent paper for bookbinding and other crafts. A sheet may also be hung as a unique poster art print.
Single Sheet
Measures: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (490x700mm)
90gsm uncoated acid free Italian paper
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press
Ships rolled in plastic poly packaging.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Triple Time Step Birthday Card
Triple Time Step 1, posed by Ginger Rogers. Adapted from 'Tap Dancing at a Glance', Jimmy Ormonde (1932).
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Typewriter Birthday Card
Adapted from the instruction booklet for the 'Good Companion', a typewriter manufactured during the 1940s and 50s by the Imperial Typewriter Company, Leicester, England.
Single Greeting Card
Blank inside
Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
Woodworker’s Tools Greeting Card
Adapted from 'Every man his own mechanic. A complete and comprehensive guide to every description of constructive and decorative work that may be done by the amateur artisan', Francis Chilton-Young (1883).
Single Greeting Card
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Card measures: 170mm x 120mm (6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
Includes coordinating envelope
Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Printed in London U.K.
The Pattern Book creates beautiful greetings cards and gift wrap from vintage graphics. Whether in a long-forgotten catalogue, an old scientific illustration, an obscure, even baffling, technical drawing, we’re fascinated by art, science and the history of ideas, seeking out thoughtful and unique designs in unusual places.
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