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Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was a furnishings and decorative arts manufacturer and retailer founded by the artist and designer William Morris with friends from the Pre-Raphaelites. With its succe
A Morris & Co. stained-glass window to a design by Edward Burne-Jones installed in Malmesbury Abbey. The window shows characteristic themes based on Arthurian legends.
Design for Trellis wallpaper, 1862
The Pond at Merton Abbey by Lexden Lewis Pocock is an idyllic representation of the works in the time of William Morris.
Textile printing at Merton Abbey (c. 1890), from a booklet commemorating the 50th anniversary of the firm, 1911.
William Morris, a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand-made crafts, including textiles, in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward
Tulip and willow design for printed textiles (1873)
Daisy wall hanging by William and Jane Morris for Kelmscott Manor (1860)
Panel of floral embroidery, silk on silk (c. 1875) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Detail of silk on linen embroidery for a pillowcase or fireplace screen by William Morris (1878)