William Morris Legacy

Explore coordinated gifts, stationery, and home accents celebrating faithful historical reproductions by William Morris and the great artists of his company. Such artists are included in the category of "Dearle & May," curating a deep appreciation for each Morris Company creative. Our commitment to historical authenticity extends to recognizing the individual artists behind the patterns. We take care to distinguish William Morris’s own designs from those of May Morris and John Henry Dearle, honoring each artist’s contribution rather than gathering their work under a single name. Here, we never attribute or label Morris "Art Nouveau, " he's the Arts & Crafts movement. William Morris’s authentic handwritten signature found its way onto our several designs (as well as his poetry cannot overlook a grand part of Morris being a poet myself), an ethereal imprint of Morris, placed respectfully as a recognizable finishing touch within our collections and a tribute to the artist whose work gives this shop life. Extraordinary Victorian designs that make prestigious gifts for art historians, Victorian art collectors, interior designers, florists or lovers of the William Morris Legacy. Henry James described William Morris as "the poet and paper-maker" in 1881, and in 1877, William Morris dipped his quill into indigo and traced a honeysuckle stem, the line that would wrap around a million rooms for the next 150 years.