<h2>A. 1834-1896</h2>
The "Seaweed Wallpaper" was designed by William Morris in 1834-1896.
Explanation:
- William Morris (1834-1896), a British literary figure and designer who founded the British Arts and Crafts Movement, is best known for his "Seaweed Wallpaper". These were designed for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company, the firm he started with his partners in 1861, and afterwards for Morris & Company. He designed fifty different block-printed wallpapers, each with elaborate, stylized patterns inspired by nature, especially British native flowers and flora. His Seaweed wallpaper and textile designs had a significant influence on British interior design, as well as the Art Nouveau movement in Europe and the United States.
Answer: A. the simplicity and beauty of middle-class life.
Explanation:
This painting is representing the simplicity and beauty of middle-class life and also important, everyday life of one maid in France. This is simple work that is representing how the maid is feeling after coming back from the market. Her face is plain but also we cannot see any stress from it and that is why this painting is representing the beauty of normal and everyday life.
That is why other answers are not correct, it does not represent any struggle or something bad and poor about her life.