And 800 of the most prized patterns were by a woman – Anna Maria Garthwaite. She is one of the great unsung heroes of British design and she lived and worked here in Spitalfields in London.
Anna Maria Garthwaite and textile design. videoAnna Maria Garthwaite and textile design Historian Anna Vickery explains how Anna Maria Garthwaite designed patterned silks during the Industrial ...