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Artist/Maker	Morris & Co. (publisher) Jeffrey & Co. (Printer) Morris, William (designer)
Place of origin	England (printed)

Specimen of 'Lily' wallpaper, a design featuring a variety of plants in a brick pattern, with an all-over underlay pattern of small leaves; Colour woodblock print, by hand, on paper.
Part of a wallpaper pattern book containing 132 specimens (E.2734-2866-1980), mounted on a display stand, with a cloth cover.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Lily (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	colour woodblock print, by hand, on paper Paper Block Printing Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	Specimen of 'Lily' wallpaper, a design featuring a variety of plants in a brick pattern, with an all-over underlay pattern of small leaves; Colour woodblock print, by hand, on paper; Designed by William Morris; Published by Morris & Co.; England; 1873.
Physical description	Specimen of 'Lily' wallpaper, a design featuring a variety of plants in a brick pattern, with an all-over underlay pattern of small leaves; Colour woodblock print, by hand, on paper. Part of a wallpaper pattern book containing 132 specimens (E.2734-2866-1980), mounted on a display stand, with a cloth cover.
Dimensions	Height: 2'3.25ft Width: 1'8"ft
Style	Arts and Crafts (Movement)
Credit line	Given by Walter Taylor Esq
Object history	Parry (see references) comments that: 'There appear to have been considerable problems with printing Lily as the log book shows several deleted versions.'
Associated object	CIRC.65B-1959 (Version)
Bibliographic references	Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris London : Philip Wilson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 May-1 Sept. 1996, p.211, ill. Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.276-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036506/lily-wallpaper-morris-william/

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