Moorcroft Millside 163/9 Vase Sweetness Ltd Ed of 200

Ltd Ed of 200

pearl-coloured mohair plush and dressed in a cosy faux fur-trimmed cape made from burgundy pure cotton velvet

redesigned in 2013 as a clean fresh pattern on an ivory background

Height 12 inches

Moorcroft Millside 163/9 Vase Sweetness Ltd Ed of 200Charles Rennie Mackintosh moved to Millside, Walberswick, in 1914, where there was a small artists' colony. Here he produced some of the finest watercolour flower studies of his career. Flowers such as tulips reoccurred in his art and continued in his later textile designs. It was these floral motifs that inspired Rachel. Her stylised tulips and lattice work have a jewel like quality, enhanced by the clever use of coloured tubelining slip H 22. 5 cm