Floral Manuscript Tissue Paper by Anna Maria Garthwaite
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£3.50
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Hand-painted flowers from one of the 18th century's most remarkable designers, printed onto tissue soft enough to fold around anything. It's the finishing touch that turns even the simplest parcel into something considered.
About the design
Floral Manuscript features a design by Anna Maria Garthwaite (1688–c.1763), one of the most remarkable textile designers of her era. Working in Spitalfields — then the heart of London's silk-weaving trade — she created over a thousand designs for woven silk, all the more extraordinary because she began in her forties, a woman with no formal training in a trade dominated by men.
Her surviving work is a collection of hand-painted watercolour designs — floral studies she often dated and annotated for the weavers who worked from them — which is where Floral Manuscript takes both its name and its blooms. Her signature was naturalistic florals: flowers, leaves and fruit drawn with such shading and life that they appear almost three-dimensional.
How to use it
- Wrap gifts, candles, ceramics or a treasured find from the shelf
- Line a drawer, hamper, gift box or shoe box
- Layer through packaging for an online order or a market stall
- Stuff a gift bag, or shred for a decorative fill
- Or simply keep a sheet back, because it's lovely
Why you'll love it
- Original artwork by a pioneering 18th-century designer
- Plastic-free — and the packaging is plastic-free too
- Soft, generous sheets that fold and drape beautifully
Specifications
- Contents: 4 sheets of tissue paper
- Sheet size: 700 × 500 mm
- Packaging size: 310 × 120 mm
- Material: Plastic-free tissue paper
- Packaging: Plastic-free
- Artwork: Original design by Anna Maria Garthwaite (1688–c.1763)