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Acanthus Wallpaper 1875 shows curling acanthus leaves winding over a repeating background. William Morris worked from drawings of plants and turned them into patterns for printed wallpaper, using carved wood blocks and flat colour. The leaves here overlap and turn, and the pattern repeats across the sheet.

The framed poster arrives ready to hang. A hanger is fitted to the back, so it goes straight onto a nail or screw with no separate frame to buy. The flat colour of the print keeps the leaf shapes clear.

In a hallway, the pattern reads as a slow rhythm of leaves as you walk past. A small brass hook holds it steady on the wall by the coat rack.