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In 1861, Morris founded his own firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., which became Morris & Co., in 1875. As both a designer and theorist for the arts, his importance cannot be easily overestimated, and his influence continues.  This wallpaper is printed in distemper colours on paper.  It was printed by the wallpaper manufacturer, Jeffrey & Co. for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.\r\n\r\nThis wallpaper was manufactured in 1873-1874 and seven years afterwards, Morris asked in his publication <u>Some Hints on Pattern Designing</u>, whether it is 'not better to be reminded however simply of the close vine trellises which keep out the sun [...] than having to count day after day a few sham-real boughs and flowers, casting sham-real shadows on your walls, with little hint of anything beyond Covent Garden in them?'  This wallpaper is an example of such a 'close vine trellis'. By 1890, Morris & Co.charged £0.40 to £0.50 per roll for 'Vine' wallpaper.","physicalDescription":"Specimen of 'Vine' wallpaper pattern, a foliate design of two types of leaves and grapes; Hand printed in distemper colours by wood block, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number and price.\r\nPart of 'Volume 1', a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919).","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Morris, William","id":"A8676"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x34907"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Jeffrey & Co.","id":"A9139"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Morris & Co.","id":"A1365"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"x32600"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"distemper","id":"AAT15035"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"colour woodblock print","id":"x37101"},{"text":"block printing","id":"AAT53289"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hand printed in distemper colours by wood block, on paper","categories":[{"text":"Wall coverings","id":"THES48878"}],"styles":[{"text":"Arts and Crafts (movement)","id":"AAT21205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AV1139","2018KT9906"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"DW","shelf":"5","box":"2"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"wallpaper","id":""}],[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1873","earliest":"1873-01-01","latest":"1873-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x30229"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"1874","earliest":"1874-01-01","latest":"1874-12-31"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"E.486-1919","id":"O248535"},"association":"Colourway"},{"object":{"text":"E.2800-1980","id":"O251162"},"association":"Colourway"},{"object":{"text":"E.2801-1980","id":"O251164"},"association":"Colourway"},{"object":{"text":"E.2865-1980","id":"O251165"},"association":"Colourway"},{"object":{"text":"E.1074-1988","id":"O74631"},"association":"Design"}],"creditLine":"Given by Morris and Company","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"68.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"size of volume","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"53.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"size of volume","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. <u>Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. 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It demonstrates the move into richer wallpaper effects and, at 40s. a roll, was extremely expensive (the ordinary distemper print cost 12s). \r\n\r\n<i>Willow</i>, issued in the same year, is a simple pattern derived from the backprint of <i>Vine</i>.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Specimen of 'Vine' wallpaper pattern, a foliate design of two types of leaves and grapes; Hand printed in distemper colours by wood block, on paper; William Morris; Part of 'Volume 1', a pattern book containing 25 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.441-529-1919); England; First issued 1874.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. <u>Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. 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