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Hines, Stroud & Co., London. The Art Nouveau image of a woman wearing ornate jewellery and a flowing gown, as well as the swirling vegetation, is typical of Mucha's style.\r\n\r\nMucha was a painter and designer born in Moravia who went to Paris in the 1880s to study art. This was a time when barriers between fine art and the applied arts were breaking down and  Mucha became celebrated on the Continent for his posters, particularly those of the actor Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha is one of the artists most closely associated with the Art Nouveau period.","physicalDescription":"Cushion cover panel of printed velveteen. On a plain lilac ground, framed by swirling stems of flowers, is the half-figure of a woman reclining on a pink cushion. She wears a clinging green robe and heavy jewellery, collar, earrings and head band with long strings of baubles falling from her short brown hair. Her arms are bare apart from a few bangles. The flowers are in yellow, pink and lilac and with green and lilac foliage, heavily outlined in maroon. On a stem in the lower right hand corner is the designer's signature.\n\nThe design is printed over the wide flat selvedges of the cotton velvet. There is only one full repeat of the design in the height of the cut panel.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Alphonse Mucha","id":"A5481"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Hines, Stroud & Co. 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'A design by Mucha, the famous French designer, whose Nestlé's Milk poster at the time of the Jubilee will be remembered by everyone, has been adapted to the printing of satin, sateen or velvet by Messrs. Hines, Stroud & Co. of Friday Street who make it up either into pillows or quilts. The design is printed into variously coloured grounds... the firm make all their own quilts at Glengall Road, Old Kent Road, in a spacious factory...'.\n\nThe London Directory of 1902 lists Hines, Stroud &amp; Co. as 'steam feather purifiers, bedding, down quilt, bedding, mattress ticks, wool rug, damask, cloth, utrecht velvet, firnge &amp; c. manufacturers &amp; imports and upholsterers' warehousemen, 13 Friday street, Cheapside EC ... manufactory, Glengall wharf, 45 Glengall road, Old Kent road SE ...'.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Panel of printed velveteen, possibly for a cushion cover, designed by Alphonse Mucha, made by Messrs. 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