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Roger Woods interior textile designer, artist

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Bramble and Rose from Ariadne designed by Roger Woods Compiled from a C19th sepia watercolour of classical forms and flowers, this pattern is graceful and lyrical bramble rose monochrome floral ogee fabric linen cardomom raspberry peach

Sphinx from Ariadne designed by Roger WoodsTaken from a French Second Empire neo-classical pattern, deriving ultimately from grotesque decoration of the late Roman Empire. A more lyrical and naturalistic treatment is given to classical motifs as a reaction to the severe Napoleonic style.keywords bois de rose copper duck-egg

Orsino from Ariadne designed by Roger Woods A late C19th Rennaissance revival pattern with cut velvet effects behind cartouches of flowers and classical gilded carving Renaissance renaisance cartouche gilded carving grotesque cut velvet linen fabric

Boiserie from Ariadne by Roger woodsThe flowers derive from a C19th century document and are arranged in a Rococo arabesqueand restyled to suggest gilded carved panelling. A cracelure ground was added.

Iris Column from Ariadne designed by Roger Woods Taken from a C19th document, this pattern was repainted in an Edwardian style with a delicate warp effect warp warpprint edwawrian fabric linen iris

Beauvais from Ariadne designed by Roger WoodsAn all-over design of flowers and fruits taken from the borders of several Beauvais tapestry cushions, woven in the C18th a distress was designed to represent the heavy tapestry weave. Beavais tapestry aubusson french

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Boiserie

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