Teal Chinoiserie Menagerie Wallpaper

This chinoiserie monkey wallpaper is a whole menagerie in a painted garden. On a deep teal ground, monkeys in coral and sage silk jackets serve tea, fan themselves on scholar’s rocks, swing from blossoming branches and climb palms.

What makes a chinoiserie monkey wallpaper

Chinoiserie is the European decorative style of the 17th and 18th centuries, inspired by imported Chinese porcelain, silks and painted papers. Monkeys dressed as people were one of its favourite jokes, a fashion known as singerie.

This design keeps that playful spirit but sets it on a moody modern palette, so it reads as contemporary rather than as a reproduction of an antique paper.

What you will find in the pattern

Around the monkeys wander a white elephant in an embroidered saddle cloth, peacocks with long jewelled tails, cranes wading among lotus flowers and golden koi leaping from rippled pools.

Parrots and songbirds perch among coral and cream peonies, cherry blossom, bamboo and palms, so there is something new to find in every panel.

Where this chinoiserie monkey wallpaper works best

It is made for rooms with personality: a powder room, a dining room, an entryway or a stairwell, where guests have time to look at the detail.

In a bedroom, one wall behind the headboard gives the drama without darkening the whole room. The teal ground glows under warm lamplight.

It also suits a home office or a reading corner, where a dark, busy wall behind you frames the room rather than distracting from it.

Colours and scale

The palette of this chinoiserie monkey wallpaper is teal and sage with coral, cream and soft gold, which means it sits comfortably next to both cool blues and warm terracottas.

The motifs are drawn at a generous scale, so the monkeys and peacocks stay readable from across the room instead of dissolving into texture.

Order a sample before committing to a whole room. Teal is one of the hardest colours to judge on a screen, and the gold highlights only show properly in real light.

Peel and stick and traditional print the same colours, so the choice is only about permanence: peel and stick for a rented flat or a room you may change, traditional paper for a dining room you intend to keep.

How to style it

Styling a chinoiserie monkey wallpaper is mostly about restraint. Pair it with brass, walnut, white trim and cream linen, and pick up the coral in a lamp, a cushion or a vase of peonies.

Keep the rest of the room quiet. Plain walls elsewhere and simple furniture let the pattern carry the space.

Peel & Stick

Our Peel & Stick wallpaper is printed on a 340 g/m² heavyweight polyester textile with a built-in self-adhesive backing — no paste, no mess. It goes up easily, repositions without damage, and comes down cleanly whenever you’re ready for a change. PVC-free, B1/M1 fire rated, and safe for nurseries. Perfect for renters, first-time installers, or anyone who loves refreshing their space without long-term commitment.

Traditional

Our Premium Traditional wallpaper is printed on a 175 g/m² non-woven paper with a semi-glossy finish, applied with standard wallpaper paste directly to the wall. The result is a seamless, professionally installed look built to last 10+ years. PVC-free and B1 fire rated. Ideal for permanent installations, high-traffic areas, and anyone looking for a refined, long-term result.

Sizes, samples and installation

Every design is printed to order in 24-inch-wide panels, in heights from 76 to 124 inches, and ships in 2–5 business days with free shipping to the US and EU.

Not sure how many panels of this chinoiserie monkey wallpaper you need? Our measuring guide walks you through it, and our material comparison guide explains peel and stick versus traditional.

Colour on screen is never exact, so before papering a whole wall we recommend ordering a sample of this chinoiserie monkey wallpaper: choose the 7×7″ or 24×24″ sample in the Size menu above.

More designs like this

For a darker, moonlit take on the same style, see our Navy Chinoiserie Crane Garden wallpaper, or browse the full Chinoiserie collection.