By the word pattern-design, of which I have undertaken to speak to you to-night, I mean the ornamentation of a surface by work that is not imitative or historical, at any rate, not principally or essentially so.
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This is a lecture delivered by William Morris at the Working Men's College, London, on December 10, 1881.
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Decoration and ornament, Dressmaking, Pattern designPeople
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Some hints on pattern-designing
1899, Printed at the Chiswick Press, Published by Longmans & Co., 39, Paternoster Row
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Some hints on pattern designing
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"A lecture delivered ... at the Working Men's College, London, on December 10, 1881"--P. 1.
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Give an artist a piece of paper, & say to him "I want a design," and he must ask you, "What for? What's to be done with it?" And if you can't tell him, well, I dare not venture to mention the name which his irritation will give you.
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Enjoying Morris' ruminations, still holding true after all this time.
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