Anna Maria Garthwaite | |
|---|---|
| Born | probably 14 March 1688 Harston, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | October 1763 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Textile design |
Anna Maria Garthwaite (b. Harston, Leicestershire, c. 14 March 1688[2] – October 1763) was an English textile designer known for creating vivid floral designs for silk fabrics hand-woven in Spitalfields, London, in the mid-18th century. Garthwaite was acknowledged as one of the premiere English designers of her day. Many of her original designs in watercolours have survived, and silks based on these designs have been identified in portraiture and in costume collections in England and abroad.[1][3]
- ^ a b Baumgarten, Linda: What Clothes Reveal, p. 85
- ^ This is the date and place given by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, p. 560; most museums give her birth year as 1690. This genealogical record for Rev. Ephraim Garthwaite gives Anna Maria's baptism date as 14 March 1688/89, which would be 1689 New Style.
- ^ Textile Production in Europe: Silk, 1600–1800, retrieved 26 April 2008.