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Design for 'Powdered' pattern wallpaper

William Morris, 1874

The design has a relatively informal arrangement of meadow-flower sprigs, unconnected by any linking device, over the surface of the paper. The sprigs are superimposed on rhythmic coils of delicate willow boughs, each flower curving or nodding in the direction of the underlying leaves. The flowers identified include the rose, speedwell, pansy and cornflower.

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Title of artwork, date

Design for 'Powdered' pattern wallpaper, 1874

Date supported

2003

Medium and material

Watercolour, gouache, graphite & red crayon on paper, laid on brown paper

Dimensions

56.8 x 54.7 cm

Grant

11500

Total cost

29000

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