Trellis

Morris, William

11/1862

pencil, paper (fiber product), colour woodblock print, block printing

Victoria and Albert Museum

A pink rose blooms on a thorny vine against a pale blue background with a wood-grain pattern. The design is repeated across the surface. 'Trellis' wallpaper pattern, thorned rose bush, with red flowers, growing on a wooden trellis, with birds and flying insects, with a pale blue ground; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Inscribed in ink on the back 'Trellis 9 / 8/8'; The first paper designed by William Morris, but the third to be issued; The birds were designed by Philip Webb; Part of 'Volume 1', a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919); England; Designed 1862; Registered and produced 1864.