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  • This block-printed tusser silk was produced as an experiment in design and technique. It was probably exhibited by Thomas Wardle (1831-1909) in the Indian section of the 1878 Paris International Exhibition. Wardle showed a number of patterns in this group, which presumably qualified on the basis that the silk grounds had been woven in India. It was acquired by the Museum from the exhibition. Thomas Wardle (1831-1909) travelled in the Middle East and Asia, studying manufacture and collecting patterns from many different sources, including museums and archaeological sites as well as printed sources. The repeating floral motif of sunflowers or marigolds in this pattern is taken directly from J.C. Robinson's <i>Treasury of Ornamental Art</i> (plate 19), published in 1857. The section is described as 'Designs for Textile Fabrics, reproduced from the Pattern book of a Persian Designer'. Among Thomas Wardle's greatest interests were the manufacture, dyeing and printing of silk, about which he wrote extensively. One of his achievements was the successful dyeing and printing of tusser silk, a textile with a textured surface which resists colour. This was achieved by first subjecting the silk to a bleaching process. (en)
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