Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6ER
United Kingdom
(0161) 275 7450
http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
Whitworth’s general overview is that it is a large spacey museum, which’s main focus is in the arts of Textiles.
The Thomas Wardle and India exhibition marks the century of the death of Thomas Wardle. Thomas Wardle was sent by the government to India to collect typical silks used there. It had good sources of information which helped you discover his life’s journey and gave insight to where his source of inspiration came from and his efforts to reinvigorate the silk industry in India.
Wardle donated many of the silks to the newly opened Whitworth Institute to ensure that the textiles could be studied as models of good design for future generations.
Thomas Wardle often collaborated with William Morris, this is why there are a lot of influences within each artists work.
This bold, busy design block printed on linen was designed by William Morris and produced by Thomas Wardle in 1877 is made up of small flowers surrounded by leaves was trialled at Hencroft Works in Leek, to see what the success rate of it was. It’s patterns flow into each motif and repeat in lines.
Style is a complex straight repeat floral pattern, though takes on geometric elements as the petals are quite jiggered and harsh. There are no other colour ways for this pattern, but there are 5 swatches of colour, this design would of been pricey in it's time to retail.
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