This textile has been discharge-printed, a process whereby a coloured fabric is printed with chlorine to bleach out specific areas in order to create a design. Timney Fowler chose to use this technique on a soft cotton velvet: the resulting effect suggests the diaphonous quality of an aquatint, with the disembodied motifs appearing to 'float' across the surface.

Entitled 'Composite', or 'Collage', the design belongs to the company's 'Neo Classical' range, which combined sober neo-classical motifs with a monochromatic palette. However, there is a playful element of the surreal about this design, seen in the juxtaposition of fragmentary architectural features such as corinthian columns, busts, friezes and capitals with more unusual forms, such as zebras and fish.