William Morris
Quotation
Small Pillow Top
Picture
Regular Price
150.00
Our Price
114.99
Love is Enough
Quotation
Small Pillow Top
Picture
Regular Price
150.00
Our Price
114.99
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Beth Russell has taken Morris' most famous statement about interior design as her inspiration. The lettering and the twisting vines were designed by Morris for decorating his hand-printed books. In the kit, the initial letter and border are printed on the canvas and the lettering is charted.
William Morris was a great designer and prolific writer. He was offered the title of Poet Laureate but refused it, leaving the post open to Tennyson. Morris wrote Love is Enough in 1872, drawing his inspiration from The Mabinogion, the ancient Welsh saga.
Originally intended as a picture book with Morris borders and wood-cuts by Burne-Jones, it tells of a king who gives up his kingdom for the love of a commoner and was described at the time as a "fantastic little book, chiefly lyrical". Beth Russell’s attractive needlework sampler is adapted from the front cover. The canvas is printed with the interwoven stems and a chart is supplied for the lettering:
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