Illustration: Front cover of Nature and Surface Pattern.
Just to let you know that a new ebook has been added to The Textile Blogs expanding information format. This new book examines British textile and wallpaper design during the mid-nineteenth century and particularly the representation of nature through surface pattern. This period saw a reform movement within pattern work gain momentum within pattern work, a reform movement that wanted to emphasise the practical necessities of both the study and observation of the natural environment and its representation in a surface pattern format.
Illustration: Sample pages from Nature and Surface Pattern.
The book looks at some of the lectures by Richard Redgrave, a prominent reformer, his ideas concerning the role of shadow in pattern work, as well as the role that he thought the modern designer should play within the process of pattern in textile and wallpaper design. it also looks at the important role that Indian surface pattern played in the development of pattern reform in Britain during this period.
The book is in pdf format, has 46 pages and 23 illustrations, most of which are in full colour and costs £3.99. It can be bought by proceeding to the Ebook page from the tabs at the top of the blog. The next title should follow shortly.
Illustration: Sample pages from Nature and Surface Pattern.
