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C H E LSEA TEX TILES, RENOWN ED FOR T H EIR FAIT H FUL R E C R E A T I ONS OF A NTIQU E TEX TIL ES AN D H AN D EMBROIDERY , A R E D E L IG HTED TO A NNOU NC E A N EW DESIGN BASED ON T H E 1 7TH C ENTU RY BOTA NIC AL IL L UST RAT ION S OF T H E E XT RA ORDINA RY G ERM A N- B ORN N AT URAL IST AN D S C I ENTIF IC ILLU STRA TOR, MARIA SIBY L L A MERIAN .

B O R N I N 1647, MA RIA P A INTED HE R FIRST IMAGES OF IN SECT S A N D PL A NT S A T THE A G E OF THIRTEEN . SH E WEN T ON T O PUBL ISH C O L L E C T I ONS OF ENG RA V ING S OF PL AN T S FROM 1675 T H ROUGH T O 1 6 8 0 . MA RIA P A INTED WITH WAT ERCOL OURS AN D GOUACH E A S , D UE TO THE G U ILD SYSTEM IN EUROPE AT T H AT T IME, W O M EN WERE F ORBIDD EN FROM PAIN T IN G IN OIL .

A T T H E BEG INNING OF HER C AREER SH E AL SO CREAT ED D E S I G NS F OR EMBROID ERY, A N D T H E GEN ESIS OF T H IS C H E L S EA TEX TILES DESIG N WA S AN 18T H CEN T URY DRESS THA T F EA TU RES THE SAME MOT IFS FROM 1680’ S T HE NEW B OO K OF F LOWER S .

C H E L S E A TEX TILES A RE P ROU D T O H AVE CREAT ED A T EXT IL E B A S E D O N THE WORK OF A WOMAN WH O L IVED SUCH AN A S T O N ISHING LIF E, A ND WHO WAS SO MODERN FOR H ER T I M E . O N A P A LE LINEN, 24 D IF FEREN T FL ORAL BOUQUET S A R E E M BROIDERED BY HA ND WIT H GREAT AT T EN T ION T O D E T AIL A ND C A REF U L SHA DIN G IN VIVID COL OURS. I T I S A DESIG N THA T BRING S BEAUT Y T O AN Y ROOM, A S TIMELESS A ND C ONSIST EN T L Y REL EVAN T A S MA RIA SIBYLLA MERIAN H ERSEL F.

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INSPIRATION: THE ORIGINAL EARLY 18TH CENTURY GOWN EMBROIDERED WITH MOTIFS TAKEN FROM MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN’S THE NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS

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