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Arils Garden Fabric
£85.00 /mNamed after a pomegranate’s delicious jewel-coloured treasures and painted in a style reminiscent of indiennes our trailing garden design features stylised flowers a friendly grasshopper beetles and a crested tit.
Available in four colourways: Indigo/Red Blue Clay/Pink Olive/Mulberry and Teal/Russet
Bluebell Fabric
£119.00 /mPerhaps one of the most endearing qualities of William Morris was his love for ordinary flowers native to the UK. Bluebell is an 1876 design that takes as its subject the charming but common bluebell flower. Morris’s design is a richly packed symmetrical arrangement and continues his tradition of naming the design after the secondary flower. Framed by bold acanthus leaves and entwined by larger foliage the humble bluebell weaves this design together like it does the forest floor in spring.
Available in three colourways: Leafy Arbour Indigo/Rose and Leaf Green/Sweet Briar
Borage Fabric
£89.00 /mMorris & Co. are thrilled to re-introduce Borage an 1883 design by William Morris. Originally conceived as a furnishing fabric Borage’s spirited floral pattern and multiple axes of symmetry bring a lively point of visual interest to any furniture item. Beloved by bees and other pollinators Borage is a perfect example of William Morris drawing ideas about ornamenting interiors from the natural world.
Borage re-enters the Morris & Co. range due to the collaboration collection with Emery Walker’s House the historic home of noted typographer and close friend of William Morris. Walker dutiful to the design ideas of his friend William Morris has used Borage as a furnishing fabric in his drawing room to great effect.
Available in three colourways: Sunflower Indigo (loyal to Emery’s original) and Barbed Berry
Bower Fabric
£119.00 /mThe 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
Compton Fabric
£119.00 /mJust like a rekindled love affair Ben discovered this iconic print stowed away in our archive. Instantly mesmerised he recoloured and updated Compton to include cheerful daffodil yellows and vibrant pops of indigo blue poppy red and sunset orange.
Designed by John Henry Dearle in 1895 especially for Compton Hall in Wolverhampton the original pattern required two sets of woodblocks to print all 28 colours. Available in two colourways: Spring and Gorse Yellow.
Daffodil Fabric
£145.00 /mBen Pentreath has taken the distinctive daffodils that grace this 1891 John Henry Dearle design and pumped up the colour! Scaled down slightly the Pink/Leaf Green colourway reinterprets a magical wildflower meadow and Cove Blue/Chocolate captures the freshness of a clear springtime sky.
Available in two colourways: Pink/Leaf Green and Cove Blue/Chocolate
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
Dallimore Fabric
£79.00 /mThis beautiful archival floral trail of rambling woodland flowers is named after Kent’s Dallimore Valley. Coloured to sit across the entire Sanderson Arboretum collection intricate dot detail harks back to the design’s block printed origins.
Available in four colourways: Indigo/Multi Fawn/Multi Inkwood/Multi and Mulberry/Multi
Enys Garden Fabric
£85.00 /mThis finely detailed trail of stylised flowers is faithfully reinterpreted from an archive document. Meaning ‘forest clearing’ in Celtic it’s named after the gardens at Enys one of the earliest and most progressive in Cornwall. A pretty well-spaced design see if you can spot our charming grasshopper in his countryside home.
Available in three colourways: Blush/Jade Rose Leaf and Indigo/Primrose
Flamestitch Tree Embroidery Fabric
£279.00 /mThe exquisite dense stitching of this tree of life design is finished with hand embroidered French knots. In an elegant two colour palette subtle movement and a mix of techniques alludes to an affluent past. Incredibly detailed leaves and floral blooms are inspired by Jacobean crewel work.
Available in an Evergreen/Tuscan Pink colourway
Florent Fabric
£85.00 /mSharing a well-balanced nostalgic feel Florent is a painterly cotton/linen adorned with intricately detailed and richly coloured floral layers. A real softness runs throughout created by a gentle flow that extends to the design’s matching wallpaper.
Available in four colourways: Hempseed/Lagoon/Rosehip Sail Cloth/Celestial/Clay Positano/Maple/Graphite and Seaglass/Clover/Rosehip
Flowers By May Fabric
£189.00 /mBeguiling jewel-like colours bring to life a startling array of meadow flowers set against a deep midnight indigo. A design of incredible detail and beauty Flowers By May originally adorned the seat of a 17th century chair which once stood in the library of William Morris. Residing since his death in the home of his friend neighbour and noted typographer Sir Emery Walker May Morris created the covered cushion with the dedication “MM to EW”. Flowers By May is a story about the creativity friendship can inspire spanning even generations.
Available in one colourway: Indigo (loyal to Emery’s original)
Golden Lily Velvet Fabric
£140.00 /mGolden Lily Velvet Fabric designed by House of Hackney. Transcend time with William Morris’ GOLDEN LILY reimagined in vibrant ‘Apatite’ British velvet. Reminiscent of Tudor days gone by, briar leaves and lily stems entwine in this timeless design, first created by our design muse in the 1890s and now resplendent against a contemporary backdrop of black with verdant green leaves and red, pink and orange climbing flowers. Our British velvets are made from the finest quality cotton and traditionally crafted on a loom to create a lavishly soft-to-the-touch finish that’s resilient to everyday wear and tear, and great for upholstery, curtains and accessories – perfect for helping create the interior of your dreams.
Kalina Fabric
£75.00 /mHarlequin’s take on a botanical drawing our bouquet of finely illustrated wild orchids create this tranquil scene. Zesty colours contrast on soft grounds allowing the flowers to stand off beautifully.
Available in two colourways: Celestial/Murmuration/Awakening and Parchment/Forest/Azalea
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 & Thistle Fabric
£99.00 /mRe-entering the Morris & Co. range for the first time in many years Rose & Thistle is arranged in a graceful meandering structure with alternating rose flowerheads. Set amongst the foliage small blooming thistles give this 1881 design an unmistakable character and wild charm. The deep indigo ground offers an almost sculptural quality to this furnishing fabric.
Morris & Co. are thrilled to re-introduce Rose & Thistle to the Morris & Co. portfolio for the Emery Walker’s House collection.
Available in one colourway: Indigo
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)
Trent Fabric
£119.00 /mTrent which began life in 1888 with the grand accolade of being Morris & Co.’s most expensive printed textile is a rich vibrant floral display. This luscious pattern features curving tulips and meandering acanthus leaves amongst other stalwarts of English gardens. Trent seamlessly imagines two of William Morris’s guiding design principles; ensnare the eye with sprawling repeats and beguile with masterfully rendered motifs.
Available in three colourways: Madder/Webb’s Blue Red House and Woad Blue
Wild Tulip Fabric
£129.00 /mAlso known as the woodland tulip this stunning embroidered bouquet is simply spaced and easy to use. An ombre effect highlights the decorative stitching techniques of each flower to create a smart and elegant design that’s perfect for drapes.
Available in two colourways: Amber/Cream and Cranberry/Ivory
Woodland Weeds Fabric
£129.00 /mDepicting ‘millefluers’ or many different small flowers and plants Woodland Weeds is one of Ben’s favourite designs. Often shown on a green ground as though growing in grass the pattern is attributed to John Henry Dearle. First printed in 1905 this archive document is unusually symmetrical and perpendicular for a Morris & Co. design.
Available in two colourways: Sap Green and Orange/Turquoise