Printed Fabric- Snakeshead1876 – 1877 Accession number: 1941M398 Cotton, dyed and block-printed. Width: 975 mm Height: 663 mm InformationWilliam Morris's flowing, naturalistic designs are named after the plants and flowers from which they derive. 'Sakeshead' also draws upon the colouring and patterning of Indian textiles. The pattern was manufactured for Morris & Co by Thomas Wardle in Leek. Another furnishing sample is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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