Wild Tulip

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Wallpaper Sample

Collections

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Dateafter 1884

Mediumdistemper on paper

Dimensions7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (19.4 x 13.7 cm.)

DescriptionBlue powdered ground, showing fragments of large stylized tulips, with smaller buds in between.

Inscribedverso: "Many years ago I persuaded the people who were working on Kelmscott Manor to let me take a look inside. It was a wreck, the floorboards up and I examined upstairs carefully stepping from joint to joint. Wallpaper hung in tatters from the walls and this bit 'fell off'. - Graham William"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.113

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