The Metropolitan Museum of Art William Morris Sweet Briar Bookmark

As the leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain, William Morris (British, 1834-1896) oversaw the creation of decorative designs in abundance. Morris was profoundly inspired by the English countryside, which informed his visual vernacular of floral and foliate motifs. Our bookmark displays a detail from Sweet Briar, a lush pattern of rambling roses made circa 1912.