Every Morrisさんのイラストまとめ

Pattern 21: "Garden Tulip", wallpaper. William Morris, c. 1885.
Printed: Jeffrey & Co.
Images: V&A

"Fritillary" is named after snakeshead fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, a delicate and highly distinctive spring wildflower with checkerboard bell-shaped blooms.

Pattern 20: "Fritillary", wallpaper. William Morris, 1885.
Printed: Jeffrey & Co.
Images: V&A

But favorite colorway is this dark, metallic backgrounded version.

A fair number of Morris & Co. papers were available with metallic inks, but I haven't come across many images of them. It's cool to see one where you can actually get an idea of the effect.

Note, for example, how vague the leaf infill designs are versus the final product - meaning it's unlikely that this was the final design. Something much more precise would have had to go to the blockcutters.

The thing I find most interesting about "Wild Tulip" is the structure of its pattern. Morris's patterns (and by extension most Morris & Co. patterns) have either 'net' (mirrored symmetrical) or 'meander' structures. Wild Tulip is a meander; Eyebright, for example, is a net.

I’m extremely fond of the dark example, which I hadn’t seen before today, so here it is again.