Anna Maria Garthwaite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anna Maria Garthwaite

British artist

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1688

Place of Birth: Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1763

Profession: designer, textile designer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Anna Maria Garthwaite (b.
Harston, Leicestershire, 14 March 1688 – October 1763) was an English textile designer known for creating vivid floral designs for silk fabrics hand-woven in Spitalfields near 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.