Fruit (or Pomegranate)
William Morris designed forty-one wallpapers and five ceiling papers, working from 1862 with Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company, and from 1875 with Morris & Company. "Fruit" (or Pomegranate) was one of Morris's early wallpapers, his first idea captured in a drawing of ca. 1862 (Victoria & Albert Museum, London). After some reworking, production took place inl 1864–65. A repeating pattern of lemons, oranges, pomegranates, peaches, fruit blossoms and foliage is printed against a French blue ground, and a variant was also produced using a light cream background.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fruit (or Pomegranate)
- Designer: William Morris (British, Walthamstow, London 1834–1896 Hammersmith, London)
- Manufacturer: Morris & Company
- Printer: Jeffrey & Co. (London)
- Date: ca. 1866
- Medium: Block-printed in distemper colors
- Dimensions: Sheet: 27 1/16 x 21 5/8 in. (68.7 x 54.9 cm)
- Classification: Wallpaper
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1923
- Object Number: 23.163.4g
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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