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Why Kew Gardens Became the World's Most Famous Source of Botanical Art

Why Kew Gardens Became the World's Most Famous ...

Miles Tanaka

Kew Gardens holds around 200,000 botanical illustrations, the largest collection of its kind anywhere. Behind that number is a story of royal ambition, global exploration, and artists sent to the...

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Botanical vs Floral Prints: Which Style Actually Works for Your Space?

Botanical vs Floral Prints: Which Style Actuall...

Miles Tanaka

Botanical and floral prints get lumped together constantly, and it's costing people the chance to get their walls right. They're not the same thing, they don't behave the same way...

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Living Room William Morris Forest Designs: History and Modern Appeal

Living Room William Morris Forest Designs: Hist...

Miles Tanaka

Morris and the English woodland: where the obsession began Before William Morris was a designer, a poet, a socialist, or the reluctant father of modern interior style, he was a...

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William Morris Animal Designs: The Complete Story Behind the Birds, Rabbits, and Beyond

William Morris Animal Designs: The Complete Sto...

Clara Bell

Animals in William Morris's original work: what he actually designed William Morris designed a surprising number of animals, but not the ones most people assume. His original wallpapers, textiles and...

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Every Bird in William Morris's Designs: The Stories, The Patterns, and Where to Hang Them

Every Bird in William Morris's Designs: The Sto...

Miles Tanaka

Why birds obsessed William Morris more than any other motif Morris designed acanthus leaves, willow boughs, strawberries, tulips and pomegranates, but he kept coming back to birds. Between the 1870s...

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Thrushes, Hares, and Peacocks: The Animals in William Morris's Art and Why He Used Them

Lijsters, hazen en pauwen: de dieren in het wer...

Jasmine Okoro

Waarom Morris dieren centraal zette in zijn ontwerpen William Morris versierde geen muren met schattige beestjes. Hij voerde een stil pleidooi. Terwijl Victoriaanse fabrieken goedkope, sentimentele wildprenten uitspuwden, vulde Morris...

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Every Flower in William Morris's World: A Guide to His Botanical Designs

Every Flower in William Morris's World: A Guide...

Jasmine Okoro

William Morris designed roughly 50 wallpapers and around 30 chintzes across his career, and almost every single one features a plant. If you've ever stood in front of a Morris...

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Every Animal in William Morris's Designs: The Complete Guide

Alle dieren in de ontwerpen van William Morris:...

Jasmine Okoro

De meeste mensen kennen de lijster in Strawberry Thief en laten het daarbij. Maar in het bredere oeuvre van Morris zitten ook vossen, hazen, pauwen, raven, leeuwen, reigers, spechten, herten...

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William Morris Wallpaper vs. Art Prints: How to Get the Look Without the Commitment

William Morris Wallpaper vs. Art Prints: How to...

Clara Bell

Morris is everywhere again. Strawberry Thief on cushions, Pimpernel on lampshades, Willow Bough on tea towels in shops that didn't stock anything floral five years ago. The question is whether...

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Canvas vs Framed Print: Which Is Right for Your Room?

Canvas vs Framed Print: Which Is Right for Your...

Jasmine Okoro

Canvas or framed art is rarely a question of taste alone. It's a question of light, wall type, ceiling height, who lives in the house, and how much you want...

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Strawberry Thief, Acanthus, and Beyond: The William Morris Designs Worth Knowing

Strawberry Thief, Acanthus, and Beyond: The Wil...

Clara Bell

If you've ever searched for William Morris prints, you've met Strawberry Thief within about ten seconds. It's the pattern everyone knows, the one museums put on tote bags, the one...

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The 10 Most Famous William Morris Designs and the Stories Behind Them

De 10 beroemdste ontwerpen van William Morris e...

Miles Tanaka

De meeste mensen herkennen op vijftig meter een William Morris-patroon zonder te weten waarom. De magie van zijn werk is dat het bij de eerste aanblik al vertrouwd voelt, als...

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William Morris Forest vs Floral: Which Designs Work Best as Wall Art?

William Morris: bosmotieven vs. bloemmotieven —...

Clara Bell

Morris ontwierp bijna alles als behang of textiel — patronen die eindeloos over een oppervlak herhalen. Dat levert een specifiek probleem op zodra je één uitsnede inlijst en aan de...

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Klimt or William Morris? Choosing Between Two Icons of Botanical Art

Klimt or William Morris? Choosing Between Two I...

Jasmine Okoro

You've narrowed your blank wall down to "something botanical, something proper." Now you're stuck between two of the most beloved names in plant-based art: Gustav Klimt and William Morris. They...

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Cottage vs. Farmhouse Decor: Which One Your Home Actually Wants

Cottage vs. Farmhouse Decor: Which One Your Hom...

Clara Bell

Cottage and farmhouse: two styles that get confused constantly Cottage and farmhouse get lumped together because they share a vocabulary: wood, white, vintage, "rural." But they're aiming at completely different...

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William Morris Prints vs Wallpaper: Which One Actually Works for Your Space?

William Morris Prints vs Wallpaper: Which One A...

Clara Bell

You love Strawberry Thief. You've been staring at Golden Lily on Pinterest for months. The question now is whether to commit to wallpaper or hang a few prints and call...

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The Most Famous William Morris Designs: From Peonies to Strawberry Thief

The Most Famous William Morris Designs: From Pe...

Clara Bell

William Morris in 60 seconds: the man behind the movement William Morris (1834-1896) was a designer, poet, socialist, and the loudest voice of the Arts and Crafts movement, the late-Victorian...

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Modern vs Traditional Botanical Prints: Which Style Actually Suits Your Home?

Moderne vs. traditionele botanische prenten: we...

Jasmine Okoro

Botanische kunst is het meest vergevingsgezinde genre in wanddecoratie. Het past bijna overal bij, precies daarom kiezen veel mensen tóch de verkeerde. Deze gids helpt je het verschil tussen traditionele...

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Art Nouveau vs Art Deco Prints: How to Tell Them Apart (and Style Each One)

Art Nouveau vs Art Deco Prints: How to Tell The...

Jasmine Okoro

If you've ever stood in front of two beautiful vintage prints and had no idea whether you were looking at Art Nouveau or Art Deco, you're in good company. The...

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Whimsical vs Realistic Tree Art: Which Style Actually Suits Your Home?

Speelse vs realistische boomkunst: welke stijl ...

Miles Tanaka

Boomkunst is een van de meest veelzijdige categorieën wanddecoratie, maar de kloof tussen stijlen is groot. Een gestileerde eik met lila bladeren en een botanisch nauwkeurige bosfoto spreken totaal verschillende...

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