Cushion in GP & J Baker’s magnificent ‘Hydrangea Bird’ print, designed in 1917 by William Turner. Inspired by a fragment of Chinese wallpaper dating from the late 18th century, it depicts majestic pheasants perched in an exotic flowering tree.
Designer
GP & J Baker/Svenskt Tenn
Svenskt Tenn developed this design using GP & J Baker's fabric.
GP & J Baker is a family-run company founded in 1884 by brothers George Percival and James Baker. Together with their father they travelled around the Far East and Asia purchasing designs, textiles, sketches and thousands of pattern books that are today in the Baker’s sizeable textile archives. Svenskt Tenn became one of Baker’s first customers in Sweden when Josef Frank, inspired by Baker’s designs, introduced the company to Estrid Ericson in the 1930s.