A rectangular section of wallpaper with a dense tangle of honeysuckle vines and flowers against a cream background. The curving vines have leaves in pale green and darker sage green. The flowers are starburst-shaped, with long thin petals in beige and light pink. The curves of the vines, leaves, and flowers create rhythm in the design. In the margins are printing marks, various lines and blobs of ink. Along the right margin, rotated ninety degrees clockwise, is 'Honeysuckle 263' in italics, and 'MORRIS & Co.' in a large sans serif.

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1934	Work on this object began.
1935	We acquired this object.
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Sidewall, Honeysuckle, 1934

This is a sidewall. It was designed by May Morris and manufactured by Arthur Sanderson and Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd. and made for Morris & Co.. It is dated 1934 and we acquired it in 1935. Its medium is block-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

May Morris learned to embroider from her mother and aunt before enrolling at the National Art Training School in London in 1881. Her studies included life drawing with and botanical sketches in the wild, a design practice she continued throughout her life. Such careful observations helped her to capture what she describes as “the garden tangle” of honeysuckle in this design.

This object was donated by Cowtan & Tout, Inc.. It is credited Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc..

Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with plants and insects. At left, a stem of crinum with a cluster of pointed six-petal flowers and buds atop a thick stem. The curling white petals have purple-pink undersides; the buds are the same purple-pink. The stem and five large leaves at its base are yellow-green. Surrounding the large flower, smaller flowers and foliage, and insects. At one o'clock, small orange five-petal flowers with buds; at three o'clock, trumpet-shaped pale blue morning glories and a light brown butterfly; at nine o'clock, pale yellow five-petal flowers and an oval-shaped blue beetle.

"Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamels.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-2

Square paper with square in the middle depicting a pencil-drawn pattern in the middle. The drawing itself has a grid of four branches: one branch of slender, pointed leaves next to a branch of bulbs, either fruit or flower buds. The two are then repeated underneath but in opposite positions. Between the branches are small groups of vertical lines to imply repeated pattern in between the leaves and buds. Underneath the square drawing are notes for the finished pattern that reads '5' by 5', 3/3 each, 6' by 6', 4/3 each, rights and lefts made of this...' It has a stamp on the top left that has a circle with text that reads: '17 George Street, Morris, Hanover Square, London.'

Drawing, Design for a Tile
graphite on oiled translucent paper.
Gift of Robert W. Friedel.
1941-74-14

Sidewall, Powdered
block-printed on paper.
Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc..
1935-23-5-a/d

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Drawing, Textile Design: Honeysuckle and Hollyhocks, 1897–98
brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper.
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Sidewall, Honeysuckle
screen-printed paper.
Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes.
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Its dimensions are

69 x 57.5 cm (27 3/16 x 22 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Honeysuckle, 1934; Designed by May Morris (British, 1862–1938); Manufactured by Arthur Sanderson (1829), Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd. (United Kingdom); Made for Morris & Co. (United Kingdom); England; block-printed paper; 69 x 57.5 cm (27 3/16 x 22 5/8 in.); Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc.; 1935-23-13

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BZRH/
Accession Number 1935-23-13
Object ID 18340047