Bruges wallpaper

Details

Date: designed c.1887-88, printed 1950-1990
Dimensions: 56.8 x 83.5
Object Type: wallpaper
Catalogue number: B150
Designer: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Manufacturer: Arthur Sanderson and Sons Ltd
Credit notes: Presented by Miss H. Brooks, 1991

William Morris designed Bruges wallpaper between 1887-1888, and it was manufactured from 1888 onwards. The large diagonal pattern consists of decorative ribbons intertwined with large flowers and foliage.

This version was printed using original Morris & Co., woodblocks by the firm Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd., who acquired the blocks from Morris & Co. when they closed in 1940. It is stamped on the reverse ‘Sanderson Wallpapers British Made’.