{"product_id":"roccoco-bookmark","title":"Roccoco Bookmark","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSome bookmarks are an afterthought. This one has three hundred years of history behind it — and it is \u003cem\u003eloud\u003c\/em\u003e, in the best possible way. A hot pink ground packed with carnations, tulips and feathery white foliage, with flashes of coral, yellow and teal, mirrored into a perfectly balanced repeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe design comes from the work of Anna Maria Garthwaite (c.1690–1763), a clergyman's daughter with no formal training who moved to Spitalfields at around forty and became one of the most sought-after textile designers in eighteenth-century London. Working in watercolour, she produced as many as eighty patterns a year for the weavers on her street, and her flower-filled designs helped define what we now call English Rococo. Her original drawings survive in the V\u0026amp;A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e48 × 162mm with a purple satin ribbon threaded through the top, it lies flat in any book and makes a properly pretty small gift — for a book club, tucked inside a birthday card, or for anyone who loves florals, pattern and a bit of design history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCome and see the full Museums \u0026amp; Galleries range in the shop — there's always more on the shelves than we can fit online.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVivid pink Rococo floral design by Anna Maria Garthwaite (c.1690–1763), one of the leading pattern designers of eighteenth-century London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarnations, tulips and lacy white foliage in a mirrored repeat, with coral, yellow and teal highlights\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e48mm × 162mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuseums \u0026amp; Galleries, the British art-stationery publisher behind the V\u0026amp;A, Tate and British Museum ranges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat enough to post inside a greetings card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerfect for book lovers, floral fans, book club gifts and stocking fillers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFAQ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWho was Anna Maria Garthwaite?\u003c\/strong\u003e An English textile designer who lived and worked in Spitalfields, London, from about 1730 until her death in 1763, creating over a thousand patterns. Many of her original drawings survive in the V\u0026amp;A's collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is Rococo?\u003c\/strong\u003e An ornamental style that spread from 1720s France, full of flowers, leaves, shells and curving forms. Garthwaite's flower-led patterns are the English version of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat size is the bookmark?\u003c\/strong\u003e 48mm wide by 162mm tall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIs it suitable as a gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — a lovely little gift on its own, and light enough to post.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Museums \u0026 Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56529720279418,"sku":"GBM539","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/8187\/4234\/files\/24070-798d9d28-4335-4d37-b52d-8460d1b05f62.jpg?v=1790497274","url":"https:\/\/wrapped.shop\/products\/roccoco-bookmark","provider":"Wrapped!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}