The Met Store Clothing*William Morris Wild Tulip Women’s Cotton Robe

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William Morris (British, 1834–1896) was profoundly inspired by nature as it was depicted across cultures and through time. This exuberant pattern, which he called Wild Tulip (1884), references 17th-century Turkish brocades. Tulips, a species of wildflower indigenous to western Anatolia and eastern Persia, were received as exotic natural treasures when they arrived in 16th-century Europe. One of his 41 wallpaper designs, this motif in The Met collection is exemplary of Morris’s late style.