Strawberry Thief Embroided Velvet Pouch, Medium

Here is a perfect gift for bird lovers. Our sumptuous, medium size velvet pouch in rich raspberry, embroidered with a pair of thrushes from William Morris’s famous Strawberry Thief print. Styled with a William Morris at Home zip pull in vegan leather and a water-resistant, powder blue contrast lining.

Perhaps William Morris’s most recognisable design, Strawberry Thief was inspired by the thrushes that crept under Morris’s strawberry nets in his garden at Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire.

The original pattern took several days to print using hand-carved woodblocks to build up the different colours, and ‘Strawberry Thief’ was consequently one of Morris’s firm’s most expensive cottons. Whilst waiting to see the first piece printed, Morris endured sleepless nights in his lodgings at Merton Abbey. Designed in 1883, Strawberry Thief remains one of William Morris’s most popular and iconic designs.

William Morris At Home is a partnership with the not-for-profit William Morris Gallery. Every purchase will help support the not-for-profit museum bring the life and work of the artist and environmental campaigner to future generations.

Care & Information 

• Dimensions: W24 x H16 x D4.5 cm
• Indigo velvet with embroidered cotton strawberries
• Cruelty free and vegan friendly