Morris wallpaper in real life....

Here are the Morris & Co. wallpaper books from my local hole-in-the-wall paint and paper store, Waltham Wallpaper and Paint.  They currently have six volumes and a new one is published by Sanderson each year.  You can tell from the duct tape they get a lot of use.  A double roll of Morris paper costs about $140 dollars and the books also include lots of matching fabrics.

 Fruit

I used Fruit in a small first floor bathroom in my last house.  Trim and beadboard wainscotting on lower half of room was painted Benjamin Moore Corinthian White.

 

This is Acorn (picture is from the wallpaper book).  I have always wanted to do a room with this pattern -- I love its subtlety.

 Acorn (detail)

Two more book examples.....an accent wall approach.

  

Windrush

  

Golden Lily (remember the dumpster?!)

  

Chrysanthemum in my dining room

  

 

 

Trim Benjamin Moore 925 semigloss, wall below chair rail C2 Outback in eggshell.

The dark side of the moon...

A map from the United States Geologic Survey. It reminds me of a Jackson Pollack painting.

Seeking The Scarlet Pimpernel

Or pink?  Pierangelo, a Morris fan in Italy, is scouring the world for Pimpernel wallpaper in this particular colorway.  Please leave a comment if you can help.   Ciao!

....later....I found the fabric here!   In cotton, $10 per yard.

Morris! V&A Pattern, Part 3

 From the Victorian & Albert Museum archives.....the only volume in the set dedicated to a single person......of course!

Wild Tulip wallpaper, 1884, block-printed paper

 

Acorn wallpaper, 1879, block-printed paper

 

Tulip textile, 1875, block-printed cotton

 

Cray textile, 1884, block-printed cotton

  

Rose wallpaper, 1877, block-printed paper

 

Fruit wallpaper, 1866, block-printed paper

Garden Tulip wallpaper, 1885, block-printed paper

Marigold wallpaper, 1875, block-printed paper

Pictures from the four volume book set "V&A Pattern".

Related Posts:

Part 1, Mughal Empire Florals at the V&A 

Part 2, The Fifties

Pimpernel, 1876, Let me count the colorways

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Willow, willow, on the wall...

 

 The Willow Bedroom, Standen

 

 Bedroom at Kelmscott Manor

 Stairwell, Victorian row house

 

Staircase, Wrightwick Manor

  

Morris's bed at Kelmscott Manor

 

 Willow Bough (1887)

Willow Bough is William Morris's most well-known and popular pattern.  These pictures are from two beautiful books:  William Morris Decor and Design (Elizabeth Wilhide) and Essential William Morris (Iain Zaczek).

The Fifties, V&A Pattern, part 2

Wright was obviously a fan.  I wonder if the others were?

Frank Lloyd Wright, "Design 706", 1956, wallpaper

Bent Karlby, "Haelderne", 1951, wallpaper

Pablo Picasso, cotton fabric, 1956

 

Joan Miro, cotton fabric, 1956

Joan Miro, "People and Birds", 1956, cotton fabric

Shinkichi Tajiri, "Louisiana", 1954, wallpaper

Gigi Tessari, "Spago", 1957, cotton fabric

Pictures from the book "V&A Pattern".

Related Post:  Part 1, Mughal Empire Florals at the V&A.

Gilding the lily with Golden Lily

Rob Bennett for The New York Times

Found this in today's NYTimes Home section -- a spontaneous street project by Finley, a 34-year-old artist that goes by her surname.  I'm not sure exactly what she is trying to say....why can't a dumpster be pretty too?   I like the irony of using that particular Morris pattern/wallpaper.  Finley, please come to my city!

Rob Bennett for The New York Times

My, what nice drawers you have...

 

Bryonie Porter takes old beat-up pieces of furniture and transforms them into works of stunning beauty by application of wallpaper.  She applies the wallpaper with normal wallpaper paste and then applies numerous coats of lacquer to finish.  I'm sure this is way harder than it sounds.  Visit her website to see more of her intriguing work.  I imagine it is just a matter of time before we see a Morris piece!

William Morris Wallpaper - less well-known patterns

Wreath, 1876

Scroll, 1872

Rose, 1877

Hammersmith, 1890

Autumn Leaves, 1888

Branch, 1872

 Diaper, 1870