V&A Pattern: William Morris - 100 Postcards no-tag providing wise and hilarious insights

providing wise and hilarious insights into the delights and tribulations of daily life

Over these immense stretches of geological time

“I was basically writing a story and taking pictures at the same time

trivia and charmingly bad jokes

and will entertain babies and young children for a number of years

V&A Pattern: William Morris - 100 Postcards no-tag providing wise and hilarious insightsWilliam Morris (1834 96), Father of the Arts and Crafts movement, was one of the most important artistic and literary figures of the nineteenth century. His pattern designs reveal a love of wild flowers, plants and birds, and a fascination with medieval culture. Each of these 100 postcards shows a different motif by Morris and his company, offering a perfect introduction to the Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive collections. Favourites such as