Strawberry Thief — Morris, poster

William Morris's 1883 textile pattern, taken from a Cooper Hewitt CC0 archive (cleaned and upscaled), on archival fine art paper.

Designed in 1883 at Merton Abbey — Morris's first successful indigo-discharge printed cotton. Named for the song thrushes that stole strawberries from the Morris family's kitchen garden, the pattern is more interested in the foragers than the fruit. The Arts & Crafts response to mechanised textile printing: hand-blocked, slow, deliberate.

This is reproduced from Cooper Hewitt's CC0 archive scan, cleanly upscaled to print at A1, on archival fine art paper, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 30×45 cm / 12×18", 40×60 cm / 16×24", or 60×90 cm / 24×36", landscape orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
• Printed to order by our accredited press partner

THE WORK

• Artist: William Morris (1834–1896)
• Year: 1883 (designed at Merton Abbey)
• Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (CC0)
• Source: Cooper Hewitt Open Access · archive scan, upscaled

SHIPPING

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• Printed locally to you — no customs fees, no surprise charges at delivery
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