The Metropolitan Museum of Art Clothing*William Morris Wild Tulip Cotton Pajamas

Gift Her An Art-Inspired Women’S Sleep Set.

Rest Easy—And Artfully—In These Comfy Cotton Pajamas, Presented In A Giftable Pouch With A Mother-Of-Pearl Enclosure To Match The Buttons On The Top.

William Morris (British, 1834–1896) Was Profoundly Inspired By Nature As It Was Depicted Across Cultures And Through Time. This Exuberant Pattern, Which He Called Wild Tulip (1884), References 17Th-Century Turkish Brocades. Tulips, A Species Of Wildflower Indigenous To Western Anatolia And Eastern Persia, Were Received As Exotic Natural Treasures When They Arrived In 16Th-Century Europe. One Of His 41 Wallpaper Designs, This Motif In The Met Collection Is Exemplary Of Morris’S Late Style.