Tulip
Medium
roller printed cotton
Dimensions
76.1 × 95.3 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Philip White
Accession Number
1937.579
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
William Morris was a designer, craftsman, poet, novelist, businessman, and social activist. A doctor attributed his cause of death at age 62 to “simply being William Morris, and having done more work than most ten men.” His decorative arts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., known simply as Morris & Co. after 1875, designed and sold household furnishings that were sought after for their elegant, colorful patterns and high-quality materials. Morris insisted on producing goods under fair labor ...