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During his career, William Morris produced over 50 wallpapers. These designs – many of which feature in the V&A's extensive Morris collection – adopted a naturalistic and very British take on pattern that was both new and quietly radical.
A compilation of the finest wallpapers from William Morris & Co. Incorporating timelessly popular authentic versions, alongside fresh interpretations of William Morris’ original designs from the iconic ‘Strawberry Thief’ to ‘Morris Seaweed’, The Craftsman wallpaper collection is a tribute to the iconic Morris & Co. library and is ...
The British literary figure and designer William Morris (1834-1896), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts Movement, was especially known for his wallpaper designs. These were created for the firm he founded with his partners in 1861, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company, and later for Morris and Company.
In this collection, Clarke & Clarke celebrates his legacy with a hand-picked selection of his most adored wallpaper designs. Unique florals combine with remarkable compositions in a range with over 160 years of heritage.
Explore the internationally-renowned collection devoted to designer, craftsman and radical socialist William Morris. The Gallery holds the largest collection in the world of Morris’s works, as well a collection of works by his contemporaries, including the Pre-Raphaelite artists.
William Morris (1834-1896) personal and company history, where to buy his wallpaper and fabric designs today. Wallpaper and fabric printing and a Gallery of Morris designs.
On this page are some of the many designs that William Morris designed between 1873 and 1890, his most prolific period for wallpaper and fabric designs. Overall, William Morris, and the designers who worked with him, produced at least 93 wallpaper designs and over 143 repeating fabric designs.
There is a strong focus on Morris's celebrated designs for wallpapers and printed textiles, but other areas of his (and his collaborators') practice are also well represented, including tiles, stained glass, floor coverings, embroidery and furniture.
Trellis. This was William Morris's first wallpaper design, conceived in 1862 shortly after the formation of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company. The pattern communicates an essential naturalism, weaving a vine-like rose bush through a trellis.
William Morris designed forty-one wallpapers and five ceiling papers, working from 1862 with Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company and from 1875 with Morris & Company. "Daisy" was his second design, but the first pattern the company produced.
