Mercia Vines Linen

Name: Mercia Vines Linen
SKU: 28-s
Price: 2 GBP
Availability: InStock

£2

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The English Mercia collection is Susy Paisley’s tribute to one of the greatest
conservation parables ever written, The Lorax by Dr Seuss. The species in
the design are based on real world English equivalents of the imaginary
species that feature in the Lorax story – inhabiting the region of the ancient
kingdom of Mercia. The humming fish are represented by great crested
newts, the precious truffula trees are clover flowers whilst the playful
barballoots are the red squirrels. The bees which also feature in a
companion print are short-haired bumblebees – a wonderful conservation
success story as they were extinct in the UK but acres of flower-rich
meadows were planted in Kent, the bees were reintroduced and are now
thriving. Other flowers include several species of clover, Pheasant’s eye.
crested cowwheat, Stinking iris, whorled millifoil, Carthusian pinks, Herb Paris,
wintergreen and blossoms of a rare old English breed a apple.

Companion prints include Mercia Ribbons and Mercia bees, featuring
details from this larger scale design.

SKU: 28-s Categories: English Mercia, Large-scale repeat

Description
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Description

Fabric type: Pure linen, from flax grown in France, woven and printed in the UK

Composition: 100% natural linen

These designs are available in natural pure English linen of a medium weight of 255 g or a heavyweight 450 g bleached linen

Usage: The lighter 250g fabric is best for drapery and light upholstery, and the 450 g fabric is wonderful for heavier use upholstery.

Colourways: Natural, Cream, Deep Blue, and Slate

Care: Dry clean only

Pattern repeat: Half drop

Horizontal/Vertical repeat: 27″ x 18″ (137.2 cm x 69cm)

Printed width of fabric: 54″ (137.2 cm).

Additional information

Weight	N/A
Colourway	Cream, Deep Blue, Natural, Slate
Basecloth	Heavy-weight bleached, Medium-weight natural

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