William Morris prints and patterns are know for their naturalistic style and although they are regarded as classics now, back in the mid 1860's they were seen as quite radical.

Her father, William Morris (1834 - 1896), was a famous artist and poet, and May is often forgotten because he is so well-known. Both William and May Morris designed patterns ...

Her father, William Morris (1834 - 1896), was a famous artist and poet, and May is often forgotten because he is so well-known. Both William and May Morris designed patterns ...

Pimpernel (1876) “Tiny pimpernel flowers punctuate a pattern of giant flower heads. The blue colorway (as opposed to the yellow alternative) furnished William Morris’s own dining room at ...

This fall, Style Library —an England-based company that holds the Morris & Co. archives—and San Francisco’s Selamat Designs will unveil Morris & Co. x Selamat, a capsule collection of more ...

Preface / Hadrian Garrard -- An introduction / Rowan Bain -- Sharing beauty : William Morris and art from the Islamic world / Qaisra M. Khan -- Creating scenes from the Arabian nights : displaying ...

You’ve seen the patterns: branches of colorful flowers and fruits unfolding across solid backgrounds. Nearly 130 years after his death, the British artist William Morris’ designs are ...

In the 1870s Morris devised a tulip pattern for cotton textiles, a tulip and lily one for a carpet and in 1884, registered a tulip and peony pattern for a wallpaper.