William Morris
William Morris, the British artist, designer, writer, and visionary, was known for his intricate patterns featuring stylized botanical elements. He created many beautiful artworks for both his design firm, Morris & Company, and his printing house, the Kelmscott Press. This group of images from our library, art, and botanical collections unites several Kelmscott Press and Morris & Company designs from all stages of production with flora that may have served as inspiration for Morris and his designers.
Borders & initials for Love is enough
Rare Books
Consists of 16 leaves (including title page) of mounted drawings and proofs, and one folded sheet by William Morris for initials, borders and illustrations for his poem "Love is enough". The title page has an illuminated initial colored in red. The remaining images are pencil or ink on paper. All images are mounted on rectos. Morris was apparently unable to find a complementary typeface for his designs and issued an undecorated book in 1873. In 1898, two years after his death, the Kelmscott Press published an illustrated version utilizing only a portion of the original ornaments. Some pages have ms. inscriptions in pencil, probably by S. C. Cockerell, Morris' secretary.
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