1820 Malla Silfverstolpe

19th-Century Blue Floral Cotton – Miss Virginia Brush Collection

From the Scrapbook of Textile Swatches donated by Miss Virginia Brush in 1929. This charming 19th-century printed cotton features stylised blue flowerheads with fine grey detailing, arranged in neat vertical sprigs across an ivory ground.

The simple, rhythmic pattern captures the freshness of everyday calico prints from the mid-Victorian era — light, cheerful, and perfectly suited for dresses, aprons, or interior accents. Printed on fine cotton for historical and contemporary sewing projects alike.

Magdalena "Malla" Sofia Silfverstolpe, born Montgomery February 8, 1782 in Snappertuna in Uusimaa in southern Finland, was a Swedish author and the most famous salon hostess in Sweden.