William Morris designed Daisy in 1862, but did not register the design until 1 February 1864. The pattern is a simple design of unconnected clumps of yellow daisies, red columbine and red and white meadow flowers against a background suggestive of blades of grass. The simplicity and cosy naturalism of the flower clump would prove endlessly adaptable for Morris, who used them as decoration for tiles, stained glass (including his first home the Red House) and book illustrations. The size of the repeat is 35.6 x 26.7 cm
This version was printed in 1950, using original Morris & Co. blocks by the firm Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd., who acquired the blocks from Morris & Co. when they closed in 1940. A label on the reverse provides the the Sanderson colourway number ‘3 Daisy’.
