The intricate painting of such wallpaper was carried out by hand. One set usually consisted of 25 to 40 panels, each one 12 feet long and three or four feet wide, just right for the measurements of European rooms at the time. Thoughtful merchants would even add extra birds and flora so that the edges could be made to meet properly.
壁紙全以手工精繪，一組通常有二十五到四十幅，每幅十二呎長、三或四呎寬，符合當時歐洲室內呎寸；周到的經銷商還另附零頭花鳥枝葉，以便補貼接縫。