"Chrysanthemum" Velvet designed by Arts and Crafts textile artist Lindsay Butterfield: ca 1890s, Britain

A good size panel of "Chrysanthemum" pattern designed by Arts and Crafts textile artist Lindsay Butterfield. Originally produced as a block printed cotton velvet in the late 1890s, the stylised design highlights layered, multi-petaled chrysanthemums interwoven with sweeping acanthus leaves.

In a beautiful deep colour palette in a range of earthy browns with petrol blue with a pale creamy gold.

Lindsay Phillip Butterfield (1869-1948) was a highly successful British freelance pattern designer. He studied at the Lambeth School of Art and the National Art Training School in South Kensington.

He was an "unofficial heir" to the William
Morris tradition.His work bridged the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements.
He focused heavily on naturalistic British flowers and plants.His signature approach emphasized curving stems and dense follage over the flower heads themselves.

He regularly sold his patterns to premier historic manufacturers like GP & J Baker, Liberty, and Thomas Wardle.

Measurements:
126 x 149cm

Condition:
In excellent antique condition with some old stitching lines where the small was previously machine stitched.