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38: 83:, that he succeeded. In May 1883 Morris wrote to his daughter, "I was a great deal at Merton last week ... anxiously superintending the first printing of the Strawberry thief, which I think we shall manage this time." Pleased with this success, he registered the design with the Patents Office. This pattern was the first design using the technique in which red (in this case 102:'s most expensive cottons. Customers were not put off by the high price, however, and Strawberry Thief proved to be one of Morris' most commercially successful patterns. This printed cotton furnishing textile was intended to be used for curtains or draped around walls (a form of interior decoration advocated by William Morris), or for loose covers on 224: 373: 213: 679: 79:
method he admired above all forms of printing. He first attempted to print by this method in 1875 but it was not until 1881, when he moved into his factory at Merton Abbey, near
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released a game based on the Strawberry Thief pattern. She produced the game while working as the first Game Designer in Residence at the
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The entire process would have taken days to complete and consequently, this was one of
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that Morris found stealing fruit in his kitchen garden of his countryside home,
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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
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To print the pattern Morris used the painstaking 41:Strawberry Thief, 1883, William Morris (1834-1896) 212: 91:) were added to the basic blue and white ground. 302: 129:, draws inspiration from the Morris design. 8: 680:Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum 309: 295: 287: 502:Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels 441:Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 155: 56:'s most popular repeating designs for 27:1883 textile pattern by William Morris 7: 551:List of works by the Kelmscott Press 188:"William Morris textiles · V&A" 238:Lisseman, Christian (2019-05-06). 25: 425:The Story of the Glittering Plain 211:Sherwin, Adam (24 October 2014). 18:Strawberry Thief (William Morris) 530:William Morris wallpaper designs 227:from the original on 2022-05-25. 167:, Country Bumpkin Publications, 457:The Water of the Wondrous Isles 240:"Author Q&A: Joanne Harris" 165:William Morris strawberry thief 525:William Morris textile designs 333:Golden Wings and Other Stories 144:Woodblock printing on textiles 60:. 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Strawberry Thief (William Morris)
The Strawberry Thief

V&A Museum
William Morris
textiles
thrushes
Kelmscott Manor
Oxfordshire
indigo dye
textile printing
Wimbledon
alizarin
weld
Discharge printing
Morris & Co.
furniture
Sophia George
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Strawberry Thief
Joanne Harris
Indigo dye
Woodblock printing on textiles
ISBN
978-0-9805753-1-6
"William Morris textiles · V&A"
"V&A's Game Designer-in-Residence releases game based on William Morris' Strawberry Thief"
Independent.co.uk
Archived
"Author Q&A: Joanne Harris"

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