William Morris
Flower Garden
From $100
This design is woven rose, blue and red on a warm olive ground, and a cheap copy flattens the weave into blur. Our William Morris Peacock and Dragon print was graded beside the Met’s textile so the colours stay rich and the weave still shows.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
24x12 inch, 36x18 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a living room, a study or the wall above a sofa. The rose and olive tones look warm with cream, terracotta and walnut, and a gold or dark wood frame suits it.
About the painting
Peacock and Dragon by William Morris
London, 1878
In 1878 William Morris visited a London shop and saw a room from Damascus, all vermilion and gold and ultramarine, he wrote, just like going into the Arabian Nights. That year he designed this heavy woven wool.
Like a tapestry
Pairs of dragons and peacocks face each other among interlacing branches. The repeat is huge, more than a metre tall, and he wanted the thick wool to feel like a medieval tapestry.
Arts and Crafts
He used it in his own London home, Kelmscott House. His firm called it a favourite with its author, and it became one of Morris & Co.’s most successful furnishings. Our print reproduces the piece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Read the story
In 1878, William Morris walked into a London shop and found himself in another world.
It was a room brought from Damascus. All vermilion and gold and ultramarine, he wrote, very beautiful, and just like going into the Arabian Nights.
That same year, he designed this.
Pairs of dragons and peacocks face each other among interlacing branches, in rose, blue and red.
The pattern is enormous. One repeat is more than a metre tall. Morris wove it in thick wool, because he wanted it to feel like a medieval tapestry.
It hung in his own London home, Kelmscott House, and at Clouds, a country house in Wiltshire.
Years later his firm still called it a favourite with its author, and it became one of Morris and Company's most successful furnishings.
This piece is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
Find a pair of dragons, and then the peacocks below them.
Peacock and Dragon. William Morris, 1878.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
