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By the 1830s it had become a highly-mechanised process, and had largely replaced block-printing in the production of fashionable furnishings.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The development of roller-printing coincided with a radical transformation in the dyestuffs available for printing on cotton. Until the beginning of the 19th century, printing had been based on the use of vegetable dyes. In Britain, France and Germany new chemical processes were developed and mineral colours produced which transformed the palette of colours available to the printer and made possible such combinations as the shades of orange and pink here.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>The styles considered fashionable in 1830s furnishings were widely diverse. Among the more recognisable historical references were Rococo, Elizabethan and Gothic. 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