Black Mulberry printed
The pieces I have been given are from a still living Black Mulberry tree behind Lancaster Castle and which has provenance back to the James 1st planting.
"Italy had a thriving silk industry from the 13th century and France from the 15th century, using both black and (predominantly) white mulberry leaves to feed their silkworms. In letters of 1607 and 1608 King James I of England asked the nobility to plant 10 000 mulberry trees to support an English silk industry to rival that of the continent.
Silk production didn't take off in England, though, perhaps because black mulberries were planted and not white, which produces finer silk. Perhaps the cool, damp climate wasn't right"
https://www.moruslondinium.org/research/timeline
Relief Print Mulberry Black Ink (B)
£25.00
FREE UK SHIPPING and FREE OVERSEAS SHIPPING (Print only overseas orders) It is available printed in Black ink in an open edition. Size of image: 16cm x 16m Mounted: 24cm x 26cm...
Relief Print Mulberry Black Ink (A)
£25.00
FREE UK SHIPPING and FREE OVERSEAS SHIPPING (Print only overseas orders) It is available printed in Black ink in an open edition. Size of image: 16cm x 16m Mounted window: 24cm x...
Relief Print Mulberry Red Ink(A)
£25.00
FREE UK SHIPPING and FREE OVERSEAS SHIPPING (Print only overseas orders) It is available printed in Venetian Red ink in an open edition. Size of image: 16cm x 16m Mounted: 29cm x...