Pimpernel — William Morris, poster

William Morris's 1876 indigo-discharge textile, taken from Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive, on archival fine art paper.

Designed in 1876, Pimpernel is Morris's first great success with the indigo-discharge technique — a method that requires hand-blocking on cotton, layer upon layer. The small flowers drift across a field of scrolling leaves, each element hand-registered to the next. Morris founded Morris & Co partly as a protest against mechanical production. Pimpernel is what that protest looks like: labour, intention, the refusal to let speed dictate beauty.

This is reproduced from a Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 15×20 cm / 6×8", 30×40 cm / 12×16", 60×80 cm / 24×32", or 75×100 cm / 30×40", landscape orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
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THE WORK

• Artist: William Morris (1834–1896)
• Year: 1876
• Collection: Public domain
• Source: Wikimedia Commons · CC0 archive scan

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