While
Morris preferred to create products using
traditional craft skills, he accepted the need to use machinery to supply affordable and practical objects. ‘Wreath’ is one of eight known designs
Morris produced for Kidderminster carpet (a further two were designed by John Henry Dearle), which were produced for
Morris & Co. by Heckmondwike Manufacturing Company Ltd., Yorkshire, beginning in the
late 19th century. Kidderminster carpets, also known as ‘Scotch’ or ‘inlaid’ carpets were comparatively cheap to produce and were previously more commonly found in corridors and servants rooms rather than drawing rooms. However,
Morris & Co. contributed to the popularisation of the technique and by the 1880s Kidderminster became fashionable for large townhouses, including that of Alexander and Euterpe Ionides, art collectors and great patrons of
Morris & Co., who ordered 13 yards of Kidderminster carpet “with fringing” for their house in Holland Park.
Morris believed this technique favoured “a small design in which different planes… are interlocked”, and whilst ‘Wreath’ is more complicated than other carpet designs of this time (see for example ‘Daisy’,
William Morris Gallery F369) it still follows this principle with its delicately interwoven repeat pattern.
Spørgsmål og svar
Er Design for malet i hånden eller er det et print?
Håndmalet: en uddannet maler kopierer Design for i olie på lærred.
Hvilken størrelse skal jeg vælge til Design for ?
Originalen måler 52 x 35 cm. Størrelserne går fra 25.8 x 38.8 cm (Dkr1340) til 164.4 x 247.5 cm (Dkr10182); tabellen på denne side viser de mest almindelige størrelser og deres priser.
Hvor lang leveringstid er der?
Levering tager 4 til 5 uger med gratis ekspresforsendelse over hele verden; en mulighed for hasteproduktion tilbydes på denne side. Du kan returnere varen inden for 100 dage med fuld refusion, uden betingelser.
Hvor befinder originalen af Design for sig?
Originalen er i William Morris Gallerys samling i Walthamstow.