"Pattern devised by Thomas Wardle (born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, 1831, died in 1909) and printed by his firm in Leek, Staffordshire\n\nThe repeating floral motif is taken directly from plate 19 of J.C.Robinson's 'Treasury of Ornamental Art' published in 1857. The section is described as 'designs for Textile Fabrics, reproduced from the Pattern book of a Persian Designer'. Plate 19 shows two repeating patterns, this flower motif is taken from the upper example.\n\nHistorical significance: This silk is likely to have been one of Wardle's exhibits in the Indian section of the 1878 Paris International Exhibition. Wardle showed a number of patterns in this group, including some by William Morris which Wardle had printed."@en . . . "Pattern devised by Thomas Wardle (born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, 1831, died in 1909) and printed by his firm in Leek, Staffordshire\n\nThe repeating floral motif is taken directly from plate 19 of J.C.Robinson's 'Treasury of Ornamental Art' published in 1857. The section is described as 'designs for Textile Fabrics, reproduced from the Pattern book of a Persian Designer'. Plate 19 shows two repeating patterns, this flower motif is taken from the upper example.\n\nHistorical significance: This silk is likely to have been one of Wardle's exhibits in the Indian section of the 1878 Paris International Exhibition. Wardle showed a number of patterns in this group, including some by William Morris which Wardle had printed."@en . .