Honeysuckle printed cotton swatch

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Date: 1960s
Object Type: textile
Material: cotton
Technique: block-printed
Catalogue number: F271d
Designer: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Credit notes: Miss Frances J Lefroy bequest, 1965

Powdered was designed by William Morris as a wallaper in 1874. It was later adapted as a fabric c.1902. It takes it name from the relatively informal arrangement of meadow flower sprigs- unconnected by a linking devices- over the surface of the paper. Among the six flowers featured, rose, speedwell, pansy and cornflower have been identified.

Powdered is one of several mid-1870s designs featuring willow foliage, a favourite motif which Morris drew with endless inventiveness.

Technique: block-printed

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