Clover wallpaper

Details

Date: designed 1903, printed 1950
Dimensions: 59.1 x 55.9
Object Type: wallpaper
Technique: block-printed in distemper
Catalogue number: B7b
Designer: Dearle, John Henry (1859 - 1932)
Manufacturer: Arthur Sanderson and Sons Ltd
Credit notes: Presented by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, 1950

Henry Dearle designed this wallpaper for Morris & Co. in 1903. The pattern combines clover flowers and tree blossom. The repeat size is 45.1cm x 53.3cm

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. It is stamped down the right edge: ‘THE CLOVER’ and ‘MORRIS & Co’.