page_title: Woodblock printing on textiles
hierarchical_section_title: Woodblock printing on textiles
caption_attribution_description: Drawing for block-printed fabric Tulip and Willow by William Morris. (Identification from Linda Parry, William Morris Textiles, New York, Viking Press, 1983, ISBN&#160;0-670-77074-4, p. 147)
context_page_description: Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on textiles, usually of linen, cotton or silk, by means of incised wooden blocks. It is the earliest, simplest and slowest of all methods of textile printing. Block printing by hand is a slow process. It is, however, capable of yielding highly artistic results, some of which are unobtainable by any other method.
context_section_description: Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on textiles, usually of linen, cotton or silk, by means of incised wooden blocks.  It is the earliest, simplest and slowest of all methods of textile printing.  Block printing by hand is a slow process. It is, however, capable of yielding highly artistic results, some of which are unobtainable by any other method.
caption: Design for a hand woodblock printed textile, showing the complexity of the blocks used to make repeating patterns in the later 19th century. Tulip and Willow by William Morris, 1873.
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