{"product_id":"william-morris-tulip-1875-porcelain-art-mug","title":"William Morris: Tulip, 1875 – Porcelain Art Mug","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorris designed \u003cem\u003eTulip\u003c\/em\u003e in 1875, in the years when he was teaching himself to dye and print by hand but did not yet have a printworks of his own — that came with Merton Abbey in 1881, so this pattern was still produced for him by a commercial firm. It is one of the designs he built on an older source: the swaying symmetrical stems and the turned-over leaves come out of the Italian cut velvets he studied at the South Kensington Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a roller print — the cloth drawn between engraved copper rollers, one for each colour — which is why it reads more finely than the wood-block prints Morris made later at Merton Abbey. The pattern was sold in several colourways and on more than one cloth; this length is the pale green on cream. Tulips rise between broad acanthus leaves, and behind them a fine scrolling stem fills the ground so that nothing is left empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mug carries the pattern as a frieze, at roughly a third of life size. \u003cem\u003eTulip\u003c\/em\u003e is a mirrored pattern, so the section was set by the flowers and not by the repeat: one whole tulip stands at the centre of the front — the opened bloom, the bud beside it and the long flower turning down out of the same stem — uncut, with the mirrored pair falling away to either side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFine Porcelain — 10 oz. Dishwasher and microwave safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Morris, \u003cem\u003eTulip\u003c\/em\u003e, 1875; roller-printed cotton. 76.1 × 95.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Philip White, 1937.579. Public domain (CC0).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Dr. Walther Fuchs for the Tazzarte collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tazzarte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58251793334603,"sku":"6fc457e8-c63f-49c2-bfd1-c1de943c8ddb","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/8475\/8859\/files\/389be884-b37a-4edf-ba33-c50e29b825dc.webp?v=1787683369","url":"https:\/\/tazzarte.com\/products\/william-morris-tulip-1875-porcelain-art-mug","provider":"Tazzarte","version":"1.0","type":"link"}