William Morris and the Dance of the Wodehouses The first Morris daisies were inspired by a medieval

The first Morris daisies were inspired by a medieval painting, The Dance of the Woodhouses. They were designed by William Morris and embroidered by Jane Morris. The back wall in the Wodehouse painting shows the pattern that inspired William Morris.

What’s a Wodehouse, you ask? A Wodehouse is a mythic wild man, something of a cross between a berserker (Noridic crazy man, from which the term “berserk” comes) and a Green Man. The wodehouse was a savage, naked or ivy-covered, a satyr or faun. Morris was enchanted with mythic and natural symbols, such as Yggdrasil (The Viking Tree of Life).

(viaRed House Daisies : William Morris Tile)