Following the immutable law of rural vintage/shabby chic design — that absolutely everything ought to look better in a floral pattern — I decided to do some tests on the old national icon of this land.  Enter the Jack Union series of napkins, wash bags and cushions that combine various Rosablue patterns in a cunningly familar way. Indeed, I might not have bothered (gimmicky and me-too-ish, I feared), but a much-loved American customer had been wanting a Union Jack deckchair for the longest time  … and one thing led to another.  So we finally have a product “she” can buy for “him” that still has flowers in it somewhere, as well as a new version of an old familiar that those in the countryside could go dotty about.