英国维多利亚时代的艺术家威廉·莫里斯（William Morris，1834—1896）被誉为现代设计的先驱，是拉斐尔前派的重要画家，但是他垂名青史的原因并不是因为他的画作，而是他那一幅幅细腻严谨又不失美感的自然印花图案，他设计地毯，织物和壁纸，影响了装饰艺术和英国工艺美术运动。本书围绕鲜花主题，追溯了莫里斯花卉设计的起源，推荐给印花爱好者。

A beautiful and informative gift book devoted to designs by William Morris that incorporate flowers―a central motif in his oeuvre and one that played a part in the majority of his designs.

The leading figure of the Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris (1834–1896) is one of the best-

known and most popular of all British designers. A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass production, he designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his spectacular carpet, fabric, and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the popular imagination and influence interior designers and the decorative arts. Around six hundred such designs are attributed to Morris, most of which are based on nature, including trees, plants, and flowers.

This beautifully designed, accessibly priced gift book offers a wealth of designs by Morris where flowers are the principal motif. The text traces the origins of Morris’s flower-based designs: his own gardens at the Red House in Kent; sixteenth- and seventeenth-century herbals; illuminated medieval manuscripts; late medieval and Renaissance tapestries; and the range of decorated objects, particularly from the Islamic world, that Morris studied at the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum.