Moorcroft Millside 163/9 Vase Sweetness pearl-coloured mohair plush and dressed

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

Their arrival heralds the beginning of the end of winter and as the days start to lengthen in light

Perhaps one of these characters is Paul himself

Height 12 inches

Moorcroft Millside 163/9 Vase Sweetness pearl-coloured mohair plush and dressedCharles 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