Fruit

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

'Fruit' (or 'Pomegranate') wallpaper pattern, branches of fruit trees bearing oranges, lemons and pomegranates, on a blue ground; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number and price.
Part of Volume 1, a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919).

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Titles	Fruit (manufacturer's title) Pomegranate (popular title)
Materials and techniques	block-printed in distemper colours, on paper Paper Distemper Block Printing
Brief description	'Fruit' (or 'Pomegranate') wallpaper pattern, branches of fruit trees bearing oranges, lemons and pomegranates, on a blue ground; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Part of 'Volume 1', a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919); England; First issued ca.1866.
Physical description	'Fruit' (or 'Pomegranate') wallpaper pattern, branches of fruit trees bearing oranges, lemons and pomegranates, on a blue ground; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number and price. Part of Volume 1, a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919).
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 673mm Size of sheet width: 525mm Size of Volume: 68.5 x 53.3 cm. Dimensions from: 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.
Style	Arts and Crafts (Movement)
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number and price.)
Credit line	Given by Morris & Co.
Object history	Possibly the second paper designed by Morris to be issued. The serial numbering in the printing log places it between Daisy and Trellis. However, Linda Parry (see references) cites Mackail's notes that suggest that the design was made 'no earlier than 1865'.
Production	Within pattern book Volume 1 (1862-81). The 'Fruit' (or 'Pomegranate') design was the second paper designed by William Morris to be issued, produced in 1864.
Subjects depicted	Branches Lemons Pomegranates Fruit Oranges
Associated objects	E.445-1919 (Colourway) E.446-1919 (Colourway) E.447-1919 (Colourway) E.448-1919 (Colourway) CIRC.248-1964 (Design) E.3710-1927 (Colourway) E.3711-1927 (Colourway) E.3712-1927 (Colourway) E.2210-1913 (Colourway) E.2743-1980 (Colourway) E.2744-1980 (Colourway) E.2745-1980 (Colourway) E.2746-1980 (Colourway) E.2840-1980 (Colourway)
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, pp.206-207, ill. 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. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.449-1919

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Record created	June 10, 2009
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