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Lily

Wallpaper
1873 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Morris & Co. (publisher)
Morris, William (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Specimen of 'Lily' wallpaper pattern, a variety of plants with an underlay all-over pattern of small leaves, on a pale ground; Colour woodblock print, by hand, 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).

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleLily (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
colour woodblock print, by hand, on paper
Paper
Block Printing
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Specimen of 'Lily' wallpaper pattern, a variety of plants with an underlay all-over pattern of small leaves, on a pale ground; Colour woodblock print, by hand, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number and price; William Morris; Part of 'Volume 1', a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919); England; 1873.
Physical description
Specimen of 'Lily' wallpaper pattern, a variety of plants with an underlay all-over pattern of small leaves, on a pale ground; Colour woodblock print, by hand, 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 volume height: 68.5cm
  • Size of volume width: 53.3cm
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
Parry (see references) comments that: 'There appear to have been considerable problems with printing Lily as the log book shows several deleted versions.'
Production
Within pattern book Volume 1 (1862-81).
Subjects depicted
All-Over Pattern
Foliation (Pattern)
Leaves (Plant Materials)
Flowers (Plants)
Associated objects
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.
  • 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.484-1919

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Record createdJune 11, 2009
Record URL
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