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 in his first home Red House) and book illustrations.
