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The cover is in its original condition and it is unlikely that it was ever used. The distinctive browns and greens show it was made specifically for clients who preferred decoration in the so-called 'Aesthetic' taste.\r\n\r\nThomas Wardle was one of the leading British manufacturers of the late 19th century. He also became a leading expert on the manufacture and dyeing of silk.  He first visited India in 1885 in order to make a collection of silk textiles and embroideries for the Silk Culture Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.  He was then requested to visit Bengal to report on silk manufacture there. He recommended improvements in the industry including sending manufacturers to Italy and France to study production. He concluded that India could supply the greater part, if not all, of the raw material which England required and his advice helped bring work to many in this area and a revenue of £90,000 to £100,000 a year to the State Durbar, a large sum at the time. \r\n\r\nThis example shows Wardle's improved  methods of block-printing and dyeing, many ideas for which he had learned in India. He also used historic eastern patterns for his work, collected both from printed sources and items collected during his trips abroad. This pattern  with its hot colouring of browns and rust reds is clearly influenced by Indian design.","physicalDescription":"Round cushion cover of block printed cotton velvet. The design shows an Indian pattern of roundels of two palmette type stylised plants, alternately repeated vertically and horizontally. Each motif is surrounded by a curving leafy stem and there are flower buds at the intersections of the roundels. The pattern is printed in shades of green and orange with dark brown outlines on a mid orange/brown ground.\r\n\r\nThe blocks for this textile were cut for a wider cloth than this as the pattern continues over both selvedges.\r\n\r\nThe cover is lined and edged with an orange/brown ribbed cotton. 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