William Morris Honeysuckle Vintage Pattern

William Morris' daughter May called Honeysuckle "the most truly Morris character of all his models". This is the most mysterious and poetic symbol of the garden weaving of Victorian England. Morris believed that large patterns were more pleasing to the eye than small ones, so designs from this period are testament to the pleasure he took in his garden at the Kelmscott estate, preferring the allure of native English flowers to exotic ones