Daisy
Wallpaper Sample
ca. 1868-70 (made)
ca. 1868-70 (made)
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Specimen of 'Daisy' wallpaper, a design featuring a variety of plants with white, blue, pink and yellow flowers, on a pale-green ground with green flecks suggestive of grass; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number etc.
Part of a pattern book containing 23 Morris & Co. patterns (E.3698-3704, 3706-3718, 3720-3722-1927).
Part of a pattern book containing 23 Morris & Co. patterns (E.3698-3704, 3706-3718, 3720-3722-1927).
Object details
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| Title | Daisy (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour woodblock print on paper |
| Brief description | Specimen of 'Daisy' wallpaper, a design featuring a variety of plants with white, blue, pink and yellow flowers, on a pale-green ground with green flecks suggestive of grass; The flat simple frontal motif was adapted from a tapestry shown in an illuminated manuscript at the British Museum; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; The second paper William Morris designed, but the first to be issued (1864); Published by Morris & Co.; Part of a pattern book of 23 Morris & Co. patterns (E.3698-3704, 3706-3718, 3720-3722-1927); England; 1865-75. |
| Physical description | Specimen of 'Daisy' wallpaper, a design featuring a variety of plants with white, blue, pink and yellow flowers, on a pale-green ground with green flecks suggestive of grass; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number etc. Part of a pattern book containing 23 Morris & Co. patterns (E.3698-3704, 3706-3718, 3720-3722-1927). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number etc.) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by J. R. Holliday |
| Object history | This was the first wallpaper designed by William Morris to be put into production. The source of the flat simple frontal motif of the pattern can be seen in a wall hanging illustrated in a fifteenth-century version of Froissart’s Chronicles, shown in an illuminated manuscript at the British Museum (BL Ms 4380, fol. 1). |
| Production | The second paper William Morris designed, but the first to be issued (1864). Part of a pattern book containing 23 Morris & Co. patterns (E.3698-3704, 3706-3718, 3720-3722-1927). |
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| Accession number | E.3720-1927 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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