William Morris Gallery: Stripe Twill Greeting Card Pack
Created by Flame Tree Studio
Sold in packs of 6. Gorgeous, foiled, handmade greeting cards, blank inside and shrink-wrapped with a gold envelope. Themed with our art calendars, foiled notebooks and illustrated art books, our greeting cards are printed on FSC®-certified paper and wrapped in a biodegradable cellobag. Produced in partnership with the William Morris Gallery, this example features John Henry Dearle's Stripe Twill printed cotton designed for Morris & Co.
William Morris (1834–96) was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his superb furnishings and textile designs, intricately weaving together natural motifs in a highly stylized two-dimensional fashion influenced by medieval conventions. In 1878, Morris & Co. took on a young assistant called John Henry Dearle (1860–1932). Dearle was to become an indispensable part of the company’s production lines after the death of Morris in 1896, creating paper and fabric designs of his own.