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London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Victoria and Albert Museum,  Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design,  Accessions 1913,</u> London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"While this design has been widely claimed (including by May Morris) to be William Morris's last design, Linda Parry uncovered evidence in her 1995 book 'William Morris Textiles' (p. 56) that Henry Dearle was the designer:\r\n\r\n'Compton designed as a wallpaper and printed on to fabrics using the same blocks, has for many years been mistakenly considered to be Morris's last repeating design (if not his finest) which shows the considerable development of Dearle's talents. 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