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Bachelor’s Button wallpaper (c. 1892)

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Date: c. 1892
Object Type: wallpaper
Material: ink on paper
Technique: block-printed
Catalogue number: B157
Maker: Morris & Co.

This wallpaper was designed by William Morris in 1892. The title is named after the cornflowers which were known in folklore as Bachelor’s Button as they were worn by young men in love.
This example is stamped ‘MORRIS & Co.’ along the right edge.

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