Bangkok--3 Nov--Maxima Consultants
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store or The Met Store, a museum gift and reproduction shop introduces ‘William Morris collection’, featuring variety daily use items, using a sheet of ‘Pink and Rose’ wallpaper, which is now in the museum’s collection. The William Morris items include artful tableware, stationery, home décor item and many more. The collection is now available at 3 branches of The Met Store - The Met Store at Kian Gwan House’s 1st floor on Wireless Road at Tel 02-651-4117, The Met Store at Peninsula Plaza’s 1st floor at Tel 02-652-1694, and The Met Store at Emporium’s 2nd floor.
The William Morris collection features a detail adapted from the hand-block-printed wallpaper ‘Pink and Rose’, produced around 1890 exemplifies his late style, with its naturalism and articulated repetitious pattern. The “Pink” in the title refers not to the color but to fragrant flowers in the genus Dianthus. A sheet of Pink and Rose is now in the Museum’s collection and serves as the source for a number of items such as
- William Morris Pink and Rose Vase - glass, with decal application. Gift boxed. hand wash only. 11 1/2''H x 6''W x 2''D - Price at 3,200.- Baht
- William Morris Pink and Rose Pitcher –Porcelain pitcher 56 oz. 10 1/4''H x 5 3/4'' diameter in gift boxed, dishwasher safe - Price 2,600.- Baht
- William Morris Cherwell Mugs – the set includes 2 Porcelain mugs, with decal application. Gift boxed. Dishwasher and microwave safe. 8 1/2 oz. each.3 1/4''H each. – Price at 1,900.- Baht
- William Morris Compton Ballpoint Pen – the ballpoint, black ink, medium point type, 1 mm tip. Twist action. Brass barrel and clip with printed lacquer and gold overlay. 5 1/4''L. Gift boxed. Refillable. Uses Schmidt P900 or standard Parker refill. – Price at 1,600.- Baht
- William Morris Notecard Box – the set includes 20 notecards (5 each of 4 images) 12 gift enclosures (6 each of 2 images), 32 envelopes, and 35 self-adhesive seals.
Price at 1,000.- Baht
- William Morris Notecard - the beautiful notecards feature details from four Morris & Company designs in the museum’s collection – 5 each of 4 images, 20 cards and 21 envelopes per box. 4'' x 5 1/4'' Price at 700.- Baht
William Morris (British, 1834–1896), one of the most influential designers of Victorian England, believed that “any decoration is futile…when it does not remind you of something beyond itself.” He turned to the English countryside for inspiration, using meadow flowers and private gardens as models for his botanical patterns. Through his lavish and complex designs for everything from stained glass to textiles to furniture, he succeeded in his mission to dissolve the barrier between fine and decorative art, making the beauty of great design available to every home. A man of many talents, including those as a writer, artist, and designer, Morris created some forty-one wallpapers and five ceiling papers while at his firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company and later at Morris & Co. The hand-block-printed wallpaper ‘Pink and Rose’, produced around 1890, is typical of his late style, which is characterized by naturalism and a clearly articulated repeating pattern. Morris believed that beauty, imagination, and order were the essential components of a successful design. His papers not only were an immense commercial success during his lifetime, but they also played a significant role in raising the status of English wallpaper to a position of international preeminence in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.