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Strawberry Thief
Textile design (1883) by William Morris, produced by Morris & Co., Merton Abbey. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Indigo discharge-printed cotton with thrushes stealing strawberries, entwined with acanthus, flowers, and foliage. The most technically complex Morris design.
Scholarly Significance
Canonical Morris & Co. textile design and most recognised artefact of the Arts and Crafts movement.