Rose and Lily
1893 · Woven silk and wool · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- John Henry Dearle (1860–1932)
- Year
- 1893
- Medium
- Woven silk and wool
- Original size
- 226.1 × 67.3 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Movement
- Arts and Crafts
A large copper-red rose and golden lilies sit within a lattice of olive-gold rose branches and leaves on a deep navy ground, the silk catching the light across the woven surface. Rose and Lily was designed in 1893 by John Henry Dearle, who was responsible for the new woven textiles of William Morris's firm from 1888 and produced 38 repeating patterns for the loom. The V&A notes that it is directly influenced by an early seventeenth-century Italian fabric in its own collection, showing how Morris, an adviser to the South Kensington Museum, passed his study of historical textiles on to his assistant. It is woven in silk and wool. This length was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1923.
This print fills the sheet edge to edge with the pattern, cropped from a high-resolution museum scan of the original, so it reads like a panel of the wallpaper or fabric. The exhibition poster shows the whole sample. The design is in the public domain.
Where it works
A copper rose and gold lilies on deep navy bring a formal, jewel-like note to a dining room, hallway or dark study. Pair it with Violet and Columbine (Navy) at 16×24 in black.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Arts and Crafts pattern
- Era
- 19th century (1893)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- blush pink
- Mood
- decorative, classic
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, study or library
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the pattern, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
