Inspired by William Blake: from cushions to wall murals, the best homewares to tie in with a new exhibition celebrating the artist and poet
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Open now at Tate Britain is the largest exhibition in a generation of the work of William Blake (1757–1827).
He was a poet, painter, printmaker — and a radical and rebel.
It runs until February 2 next year. Tickets are priced £18. The gallery shop is well stocked with Blake-inspired homewares.
“I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the chartered Thames does flow”
London, Songs of Experience, 1794
Customised mural, from A-Z maps. Choose an area and have it recoloured. Price on application (atadesigns.com).
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night”
The Tyger, Songs of Experience, 1794
Emma Shipley's tiger, in her Tigris design, unexpectedly sports a peacock feather tail, against a jaguar background.
Tigris velvet lamp shade, £60; Tigris silk and merino throw, £395 (emmajshipley.com).
“The Owl that calls upon the Night speaks the Unbeliever’s fright”
The Auguries of Innocence, 1803
A colourful owl is printed on linen union fabric with bobble trim in this 43cmx43cm cushion, £27.95, (annabeljames.co.uk).
“I saw a serpent rise between The white pillars of the door”
I saw a chapel all of gold, Notebook, c1793
Forbidden Bloom wallpaper with snakes and flowers, based on Natural History Museum botanical and reptile collections, £150 per 10m roll (divinesavages.com).
“Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand”
And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time, Prophetic Books, 1804
Paradise Found velvet wall hanging with roche edges, 130cm by 160cm, £590.
Image can also be digitally printed on to wallpaper panels (blackpop.co.uk).
“Ah Sun-flower! weary of time, Who countest the steps of the Sun”
Songs of Experience, 1794
Cotton cushion cover in vintage Canal Sunflowers fabric (circa 1960) by David Whitehead, £75, which includes a feather pad (vintagecushions.com).