{"product_id":"william-morris-marigold-willow-bough-wall-art-set","title":"William Morris Marigold \u0026 Willow Bough Wall Art Set","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eTwo Morris Patterns, Enlarged as Postage Stamps\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eA stamp is designed to be tiny and functional, which means almost nobody ever looks at one properly. That is the joke Laura Bolton is making here, and it is a good one. Marigold and Willow Bough are blown up to fill a frame each, die cut with the perforated edge intact, so the first thing you read is the shape rather than the pattern. Once you have registered it as a stamp, the perforations, the printed border and the typography all become things to examine rather than things to overlook. It is a device that gives two well-known patterns something new to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eThe construction supports the idea rather than just presenting it. Each stamp is raised clear of the ground behind it inside a shadow box, so it sits proud in the frame and casts a real shadow around its scalloped edge, the way a stamp does when it is not yet stuck down. The typography is finished in gold metal leaf, which behaves quite differently from the printed pattern beside it: leaf reflects rather than absorbs, so the lettering lifts under a lamp or a low sun while the greys and greens stay matt. Small piece, three separate things happening in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eEach frame measures 360 mm tall by 305 mm wide and 30 mm deep, glazed in a white frame on hinge hanger fixings, with a combined weight of 1.5 kg. White is the right surround here, because a piece that is already pattern, perforation and gold does not need a frame joining in. For a warm metallic circle to answer the gold leaf elsewhere in the room, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/simplistic-round-wall-mirror-gold-mr234gd\"\u003eSimplistic Round Wall Mirror in Gold\u003c\/a\u003e works in a plain slim profile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h d-hu\"\u003eWhat the Pair Brings to a Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eThe stamp device.\u003c\/span\u003e Die cut with perforated edges, so each piece reads as a stamp before it reads as a pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eReal relief in a shadow box.\u003c\/span\u003e Each stamp is raised clear of the ground behind, casting its own shadow around the scalloped edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eGold leaf on the lettering.\u003c\/span\u003e Metal leaf reflects where printed ink absorbs, so the typography lifts under lamplight while the pattern stays matt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eTwo dated designs.\u003c\/span\u003e Marigold from 1875 and Willow Bough from 1887, presented as the specific works they are rather than as generic florals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eA white frame.\u003c\/span\u003e A surround that stays out of the way of a piece already carrying pattern, perforation and metal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eLight and easy to hang.\u003c\/span\u003e 1.5 kg for the pair, on hinge hangers that sit each frame flat and square to the wall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWho William Morris Was and Why These Designs Last\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eMorris was the central figure of the Arts and Crafts movement, a designer who argued that ordinary household things should be made well and look good, at a point when industrial production was making them neither. He designed wallpapers and textiles from close observation of real plants, which is why his patterns behave differently from most florals: the repeats are irregular enough to feel organic, the stems and leaves are drawn as they actually grow, and nothing is symmetrical for the sake of it. Marigold dates from 1875 and Willow Bough from 1887, and both have been in continuous production ever since, which is about as strong a verdict on a design as exists. Reduced to stamp scale, the patterns hold up because they were built from structure rather than decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhere to Put It and What It Will Do to the Room\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eIn a hallway or on a landing, where people pass close enough to see the perforations and the leaf. Above a desk in a study, at the distance small work deserves. In a cloakroom, which is the traditional home for artwork worth examining. On a narrow return or in an alcove, where the modest size suits a wall a larger piece could not use. Side by side or stacked in a kitchen, near open shelving. The soft greys and greens work against white, chalk, greige, sage and deeper green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eThe Practical Details Before You Buy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHang them close together.\u003c\/span\u003e Keep the gap between the two frames narrower than one frame is wide, or the pair stops reading as a set. Side by side, align the centres rather than the tops; stacked, line up the left and right edges exactly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHinge hanger fixings.\u003c\/span\u003e Each frame carries its own, so each needs its own wall fixing. At 1.5 kg for the pair the load is light, so a wall plug and screw into masonry, or a suitable plasterboard fixing, is enough for each.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHang them where they will be read.\u003c\/span\u003e At 360mm tall the detail is the whole point, so choose a wall people stand near rather than one seen from across a room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eClean the glass, not the artwork.\u003c\/span\u003e Dust the frames with a dry, soft cloth and dampen a cloth away from the pieces for the glazing. Never spray anything at a framed picture, since liquid can run behind the glass and reach the gold leaf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Urban Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795340636540,"sku":"WA988","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9672\/1715\/files\/framed-william-morris-botanical-stamp-prints.jpg?v=1779352325","url":"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/william-morris-marigold-willow-bough-wall-art-set","provider":"The Urban Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}