Strawberry Thief Fibrous Wallpaper Pale Green/Rose Bird Wallpaper - Wooded Dell

Bird Wallpaper - Wooded Dell - 217194 - Morris & Co

Pattern repeat: 36

supporting a variety of flowers in full bloom including elegant lilies

72"     Design match: Straight

originally designed 1879

Strawberry Thief Fibrous Wallpaper Pale Green/Rose Bird Wallpaper - Wooded DellProduct Information: Perhaps William Morriss most recognisable design, Strawberry Thief was inspired by the thrushes that crept under Morriss strawberry nets in his garden at Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire. The original pattern took several days to print using hand carved woodblocks to build up the different colours, and Strawberry Thief was consequently one of Morriss firms most expensive cottons. Whilst waiting to see the first piece printed, Morris