
It is modeled after the Scalamandre wallpaper from the restaurant Gino's (on Lexington Avenue) that closed in May after 55 years. I ate there once with Johnny Dunne and our experience inspired this illustration:

I drew the zebras myself and then did a little cut, paste and repeat action. And as you can see from this photo from Gino's (that I just found on the internet), my illustration was not too far from reality:

*Is that Lisa Loeb, dining at Gino's?
Wes Anderson also used this wallpaper in the movie "The Royal Tenenbaums", as you can see here, behind my hero, Margot Tenenbaum:

So should I get the bag?
2 comments:
I want your version of this wallpaper STAT!
get the bag..i love bags
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