Exotic Packaging: National Galleries of Scotland

The National Galleries of Scotland own a beautiful painting of a skater by Sir Henry Raeburn  and they use the image (or used to) on their paper bags and tissue paper.

This little bag and the tissue paper show a silhouette of the Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch. Click on the link above to find out more. 

It's a lovely picture of a man skating on what looks like a nasty cold day. And yet he doesn't seem to have wrapped up much. I guess in 1700 something people didn't have central heating so did not feel the need to wrap up so much when they left the house.

I had to tape the tissue paper to the window in order to photograph it. 

The design is white on white. Very chic. But you can't scan it.

A friend came back from Edinburgh years ago with a bunch of souvenirs and she gave me this paper. 

I've been using it to wrap my Christmas decorations ever since. 

When was that? Goodness... at least 15 years ago I think, maybe more.

Exotic Packaging: Jo Malone tissue paper

I got some Jo Malone bath oil for Christmas. Rose. Absolutely delicious. And it came wrapped in this fascinating tissue paper. And the design appears to be based on radicchio. Which is, of course, a kind of lettuce.

It's probably not meant to be a lettuce design but I couldn't help it. It looks just so like.

Exotic Packaging: Penhaligon's tissue paper

Isn't this pretty? If you buy anything from Penhaligons it comes wrapped in this lovely tissue paper. Which not only looks good but lasts a long time; as my collection of Christmas baubles can tell you. It's a slightly crisp tissue and wraps things much better than the softer stuff.

I get my perfume Cornubia from Penhaligons.