William Morris Fruit Pattern Citrus Exhibition Art Print

William Morris Fruit Pattern Citrus Exhibition Art Print.

 William Morris Fruit Pattern Citrus Exhibition Art Print is one of William Morris's most joyful and exuberant designs — a tightly packed, symmetrical repeat of marigold flowers and leaves that bursts with colour and the particular vitality Morris brought to his celebrations of the natural world.

About the design

Designed in 1875 as a printed cotton furnishing fabric, Citrus Fruit Pattern was one of the first designs produced at Morris & Co.'s newly established Merton Abbey Works textile printing facility. The design demonstrates Morris's characteristic approach to flower pattern: taking a familiar English garden flower and elevating it through rigorous stylisation, careful symmetry and a bold, saturated palette of gold, orange, russet and green.

The design draws on the influence of 16th-century Italian silks and Persian textile traditions that Morris studied intensively at the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A). The result is a pattern that feels simultaneously historical and distinctly Morris — deeply rooted in the decorative traditions he admired, yet unmistakably original.

About this print

Our Citrus art print is giclée printed on 250gsm museum-grade acid-free paper in our Leicestershire studio, using archival eco inks that capture the full warmth and vibrancy of Morris's golden palette. Every print is made to order, with zero waste.