Flower Garden
Furnishing Fabric
1879 (designed)
1879 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
The pattern on this silk is 'Flower Garden'. On 4 March 1879 William Morris described it in a letter to a friend. He wrote, 'I am...in a whirlwind of dyeing and weaving, and...rather excited by a new piece...which looks beautiful, like a flower garden'. Morris claims to have chosen the colours to 'suggest the beauties of inlaid metal'. They were almost certainly influenced by a display of items from Damascus he had studied in a dealer's shop in London in 1878. This silk cost 19/6d (97.5p) in 1919 when the V&A acquired this sample.
Object details
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| Title | Flower Garden (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Jacquard-woven silk |
| Brief description | 'Flowering Garden', furnishing fabric, silk, designed by William Morris for Morris & Co, England, 1879 |
| Physical description | Handwoven in coloured silk, the pattern is in light blue, yellow and mauve on a dark green background. |
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| Credit line | Given by Morris & Co. |
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| Summary | The pattern on this silk is 'Flower Garden'. On 4 March 1879 William Morris described it in a letter to a friend. He wrote, 'I am...in a whirlwind of dyeing and weaving, and...rather excited by a new piece...which looks beautiful, like a flower garden'. Morris claims to have chosen the colours to 'suggest the beauties of inlaid metal'. They were almost certainly influenced by a display of items from Damascus he had studied in a dealer's shop in London in 1878. This silk cost 19/6d (97.5p) in 1919 when the V&A acquired this sample. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.67-1919 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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