| | | Although trained as an artist, De Morgan also inherited a love of science from his father and became an expert on the chemistry of ceramic glazes. Through painstaking research he achieved distinctive, lustrous colours to complement his lively designs, many of which were inspired by Persian art, including the Peacock border featured here. | | |
| | | William De Morgan (1839-1917) was one of the foremost English tile designers of the late Victorian and Edwardian period.A lifelong friend of William Morris, the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, he was precisely the kind of designer-craftsman that the movement admired. | | |