William Morris
William Morris (1834–1896) was the single most influential designer of the nineteenth century. Today Morris & Co. guarantees authentic versions of those designs alongside new interpretations, using innovations in printing and weaving technology to create up-to-date fabric and wallpaper designs with timeless appeal.
Bower Fabric
£119.00 /m
The definition of a bower a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or forest aptly describes this upliftingly rich design. Registered as a William Morris pattern in 1877 Bower depicts a floral wonderland of foliage and flowers ripe with life. The Bough’s Green/Rose colourway is the closest to the joyous original whilst Indigo and Barbed Berry/Indigo offer moodier and cooler hues respectively with Herball/Weld being a happy mid-tone.
Available in four colourways: Bough’s Green-Rose Herball/Weld Indigo and Barbed Berry/Indigo
Chrysanthemum Fabric
£109.00 /mChrysanthemum Fabric designed by William Morris. Morris 1877 wallpaper design Chrysanthemum has been reproduced on fabric in a classic palette of colours to co-ordinate with the wallpapers. 100% Cotton. 20,000 Rub Test.
Usage: Upholstery, Cushions, Curtains, Blinds.
Vertical Pattern Repeat 54cm. Horizontal Pattern Repeat 27.5cm. Straight Match. Width 137cm.
Chrysanthemum Fabric
£119.00 /mChrysanthemum Fabric designed by William Morris. Prepare to be wowed by the vibrancy of this 1960s inspired Morris & Co. fabric recoloured by Ben Pentreath in his signature palette. With a powerful Japanese influence and full of personality, coral and turquoise tones pair wonderfully with an olive ground to give this 1886 adaptation of a Jeffrey & Co. wallpaper a modern twist. Suitable for drapes and upholstery. Suitable for drapes and upholstery. 51% Cotton 49% Linen. 12,000 Rub Test.
Usage: Upholstery, Cushions, Curtains, Blinds.
Vertical Pattern Repeat 51.5cm. Horizontal Pattern Repeat 28cm. Straight Match. Width 142cm.
Chrysanthemum Toile Fabric
£109.00 /mChrysanthemum Fabric designed by William Morris. Chrysanthemum Toile has been adapted from a wallpaper sample produced by Jeffrey & Co. in 1886 which imitated the fashionable but expensive gilded embossed leather hangings imported from Japan at that time. The pattern itself is an outline of the multicoloured wallpaper Chrysanthemum designed by Morris in 1877. 60% Linen 30% Cotton 10% Nylon. 40,000 Rub Test.
Usage: Upholstery, Cushions, Curtains, Blinds.
Vertical Pattern Repeat 66cm. Horizontal Pattern Repeat 34.5cm. Straight Match. Width 137cm.
Daffodil Fabric
£119.00 /mBen Pentreath has taken the distinctive daffodils that grace this design and amped up the colour! Created by John Henry Dearle c.1891, the original drawing survives and can be seen at the William Morris Gallery in London. Scaled down slightly and produced on a cotton/linen cloth, the Dark Olive colourway is utterly magical with its bright, almost electric blue ground and eye-catching teal detail. Archive is a much softer choice, retaining its original colours, but with a slightly intensified vibrancy. Suitable for drapes and upholstery. Available in two colourways: Archive and Dark Olive.
Usage: Curtains, Upholstery.
Width 137.2cm. Vertical Pattern Repeat 22.8cm. Horizontal Pattern Repeat 13.7cm. Straight Match.
Daisy Embroidery Fabric
£209.00 /mBursts of vivid multicolour please the eye at every turn in this newly embroidered fabric version of Morris & Co.’s earliest wallpaper (1864) Daisy. Hand-knotted finishes to the floral detailing couple with chunky stitching help to convey a crafted tactile feel on a 100% linen base cloth. What makes Daisy so iconic are the sprays of floral miniatures inspired by William Morris’s visits to the British Museum’s illuminated manuscripts creating a design which looks back on centuries of craftwork.
Today’s Daisy Embroidery takes as its source the Daisy wallpaper featured in the Arts & Crafts home of noted typographer book printer and friend of Morris Sir Emery Walker.
Available in one colourway: Cream Multi
Mays Coverlet Fabric
£235.00 /mIn the bedroom of Emery Walker’s House lies a most incredible object now interpreted by the Morris & Co. design studio; a crewel embroidered coverlet. Created by May Morris daughter of William Morris for Emery’s wife Mary during the last bedridden years of her life it exemplifies May’s astonishing needlework abilities. It also stands as a beautiful tribute to the friendship enjoyed between the Morris and Walker women and the creativity that love inspired. A treasured item the coverlet was used as the pall on the coffin of many members of the Walker household.
May’s Coverlet is made using hand-guided embroidery on a 100% linen base cloth to carefully replicate the fine stitching pattern by May Morris.
Available in two colourways: Indigo/Rose and Twining Vine
Rose Fabric
£119.00 /mRose is a gorgeously layered design with sumptuous rearing tulip and rose heads and dramatic thorned stems. William Morris’s close observation of nature’s everyday dramas is evidenced here in the pair of cheerful birds that play among the thicket.
Originally designed by Morris as a furnishing fabric in 1883 Rose was widely used in the drawing room of Sir Emery Walker the noted typographer and friend of Morris. Rose re-enters the Morris & Co. range for the first time in many years exclusively for the Emery Walker’s House collection.
Available in two colourways: Weld/Leaf Green and Bough’s Green/Rose (loyal to Emery’s original)
Strawberry Thief Wallpaper
£129.00Strawberry Thief Wallpaper designed by William Morris features cheeky bird pecking at delicious strawberries. Reproduced with subtle textures to retain the look of the original hand-printed design and also available as a printed fabric and embroidery.
Vertical Pattern repeat 61cm. Width 52cm. Straight Match. Sold as a 10.05m Roll.
