Museum text - “The stylised fruit trees and Iznik-style cypress trees set within a niche shape, are very similar to those in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.” Cream tiles, with a foliage like cartoon drawn back at the top. A repeating pattern of trees with tall trunks & tight green foliage like tear drops. A fence along the bottom decorated alternatively with leaves & upright flower.

SS Arabia Tiles
#WilliamDeMorgan, 1888-97

Designed for a P&O steamship, but not installed.
Acquired by #ArtsandCrafts artist #ArthurHeygateMackmurdo

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Displayed “William Morris & Art from the Islamic World” in the William Morris Gallery, #Walthamstow

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