This morning, while browsing through a library copy of At Home with Beatrix Potter, I spied some very familiar William Morris wallpaper. The 'Daisy' pattern is also reproduced as the bookmark and endpapers for Persephone's, A London Child of the 1870's. 'As Beatrix said, the daisies are 'not suitable as a background for pictures in water-colours or prints, being a decoration in themselves, but for a background to my 4 poster nothing could be better'.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Potter & Persephone
This morning, while browsing through a library copy of At Home with Beatrix Potter, I spied some very familiar William Morris wallpaper. The 'Daisy' pattern is also reproduced as the bookmark and endpapers for Persephone's, A London Child of the 1870's. 'As Beatrix said, the daisies are 'not suitable as a background for pictures in water-colours or prints, being a decoration in themselves, but for a background to my 4 poster nothing could be better'.
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After reading your post, I pulled out my copy of At Home to find this picture and of course ended up thumbing through the book for a good half hour. How wonderful it would be to visit Hill Top some day.
ReplyDeleteWell spotted! I've not come across At home, but it is something I MUST see having been THERE last year!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that just so great! I love connections. I loved At Home:
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How fun that you came across that wallpaper. I hve this Persephone but haven't read it yet. I came across the endpaper for The Carlyles at Home on the cover of a book about five Victorian couples (including the Carlyles). But given the two subject matters are related, it seems less serendipitous as your find.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a good eye. I'm sure I never would have spotted that! K x
ReplyDeleteI do love the wallpaper - beautiful!
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Wouldn't it be fun to match the stories with the right textile? The books are so nicely designed you can tell much thought goes into them! I love that design by the way!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I'd never heard of the Beatrix Potter book. My Amazon wishlist is slightly larger now. :)
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