- Climbing leaves with pink flowers
- Vintage botanical illustration
- Nostalgic Sunday feel
- Fawn surrounded by woodland flowers
- Moss green, brown and cream
- Works with natural wood
- Fox with flowers and leaves
- Orange, green and beige florals
- Under a picture rail
- Owls perched amid flowers
- Blue, green and orange
- Elegant botanical charm
- Swans among white flowers
- Green foliage with cream blooms
- Graceful bedroom setting
- Pheasant with red fruits
- Green, brown and red
- Dining table companion
- Black cat amid white daisies
- Blue, white and green florals
- Cat lover’s present
- Golden lemons on leafy branches
- Navy blue, green and yellow
- Sets off white crockery
- Oranges on a fruit tree
- Blue, green and orange design
- Dining room display
- Fox with ferns and flowers
- Green, brown and beige colouring
- A gift for fox lovers
- Owls perched with white flowers
- Blue, green and white illustration
- Serene nursery setting
- Orange flowers and white blooms
- Green, orange and white
- Beside a hallway mirror
- Blue flowers and curling foliage
- Muted blue, beige and white
- Gentle garden atmosphere
- Rabbit with flowers and leaves
- Black, green and pink
- Nursery shelf setting
- Bird perched beside flowers
- Red, green and cream foliage
- By a reading nook
- Butterfly with flowers and leaves
- Muted green, beige and pink
- Gentle vintage atmosphere
- White bird on a branch
- Blue, cream and orange florals
- Quiet garden character
- White flowers on curling vines
- Indigo, white and beige
- A graceful vintage character
- Tulips with curling vines
- Blue, red and cream Morris pattern
- Beside pale blue ceramics
- Oranges, leaves and flowers
- Green, orange and cream
- A warm kitchen setting
- Hummingbird over peony blooms
- Green, pink and cream florals
- Romance in the bedroom
- Owl surrounded by flowers
- Green, brown and orange foliage
- Works in an office
- Two peacocks with fanned tails
- Teal, navy and cream
- Beside a wooden cabinet
- White peonies on curling branches
- Orange, white and grey tones
- Near a dining table
- Willow branches with slim leaves
- Green foliage on cream
- Against a plain cream wall
- Blue flowers among curling leaves
- Blue, green and white pattern
- Graceful floral character
- Black cat surrounded by flowers
- Deep green with orange blooms
- Cat lover's gift
- Songbird amid flowering branches
- Green, orange and red florals
- Against a cream wall
- Dragonfly over assorted flowers
- Dark green, pink and gold
- Under a picture light
- Interwoven leafy branches
- Ink-black leaves on ivory
- Quiet monochrome character
- Two birds, strawberries and flowers
- Blue and red vintage illustration
- On a kitchen shelf
- Blue flowers and leafy foliage
- Green, blue and beige tones
- Near a reading chair
- Apple tree with golden apples
- Deep blue, green and yellow
- Nostalgic apple-growing scene
- Pink flowers with long stamens
- Pink, green and ivory palette
- Romantic dressing-room detail
- Large pink blossom close-up
- Blush pink and white
- By a quiet reading nook
- Purple tulips and slender stems
- Purple, green and cream colours
- Works in a reading nook
Collection guide
A closer look at William Morris Art
Explore the story, styling ideas and practical answers behind this collection.
Collection guide
William Morris built his patterns from things he could see out of the window: willow boughs, strawberry thieves, acanthus, honeysuckle. That is why his designs still sit comfortably in a modern room - they are drawings of the natural world, not decoration invented from nothing.
The patterns and where they came from
Morris founded his firm in 1861 and spent the next three decades designing wallpapers and textiles against the grain of Victorian mass production. Strawberry Thief, from 1883, came from watching birds steal fruit in his garden at Kelmscott Manor. Willow Bough, Pimpernel and Acanthus work the same way: a repeating structure you only notice after the plants.
Morris died in 1896, so these designs are long out of copyright - which is why you will find William Morris prints everywhere. What differs between them is the printing: the fine linework and the depth of the original colours are easy to lose, and flat, washed-out reproductions are common.
Why the patterns work in modern homes
Morris used restrained, slightly muddied colour - olive, indigo, madder red, ochre - which is far easier to live with than the brightness of most botanical prints. A single framed panel of a repeating pattern also behaves differently from a picture: it reads as texture, so it holds a wall without demanding attention, and it pairs well with plain walls, wood and linen.
Hallways and bedrooms suit them best, and a pair or a set of three works particularly well because the repeat carries the eye from one to the next. If your room already has a patterned rug or curtains, keep the Morris print to one piece and let the colour do the linking.
Start with these
- Tulip Legacy - a Morris tulip motif, good as a pair.
- Orange Flower - warmer palette, works against white or oak.
- Golden Bloom - the brightest of the three, for a darker room.
Sizes, paper and framing
Pattern prints depend on fine linework, so the larger formats hold the detail better. Mark the outside dimensions on your wall with paper or removable tape before ordering, and view it from where you usually sit. Match any frame to the exact print size, as similar-looking metric and inch formats are not interchangeable. We offer framing too, so get in touch for options and prices.
See the wall art size guide to compare formats, and our delivery information and returns and replacements before ordering.
Related collections
- Flower Art Prints - botanical work beyond Morris.
- Vintage Wall Art - the same period feel, other subjects.
- Living Room Wall Art - for the main room of the house.
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