Balance

Four framed motifs make up this design, each one originally the subject of a small set of wooden balancing games located at Greys Court in Oxfordshire.

In the games, a steady hand is required to locate tiny metal ball-bearings in the holes, and although the balls themselves have been omitted from the design, the locations of the holes have been retained in reference to its origin.

Another quirk is the rainbow’s inverted colour spectrum - it would correctly show the red on the outside and blue (or violet) on the inside, but is another original detail retained in the wallpaper pattern.