WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO.
‘WILLOW BOUGHS’, FRAMED ORIGINAL WALLPAPER PANEL, CIRCA 1887
£550
Hints on Household Taste : Paul Reeves
Auction: 28 June 2022 from 11:00 BST
Description
hand-blocked paper, printed by Jeffrey & Co., later framed
Dimensions
88cm x 28cm
Footnote
Literature: Schoeser M. The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co in Context, ACC 2022, p.93, no. 83 illus.
Note: Willow Boughs was inspired by an afternoon walk taken by Morris and his daughter May near Kelmscott manor in Oxfordshire. May Morris later wrote that her fathers “keenly observed rendering of our willows has enbowed many a London living room”