This Morris & Co. wallpaper sample book dates to after 1917 when the shop moved from Oxford Street to George Street. The book is bound in dark green library cloth. Stamped in yellow on front cover: ‘Morris & Co. Ltd., 17 George Street, Hanover Square, London W.1, Telephone: Mayfair (1664), (1665)’. Printed label on inside front cover: ‘This is the only firm founded by William Morris, the Artist-Poet, and our customers are warned against other firms trading under a similar name. The Wallpapers shewn [sic] in this were all designed by William Morris and his associates. Morris and Company make a large variety of furnishing fabrics to go with these wallpapers, including the well-known MORRIS CRETONNES, and they will be pleased to send patterns of appropriate colourings. The prices are: CRETONNES – 36 inches wide, from 4 s per yard; DAMASKS – 50 inches wide, from 11 s 6d per yard. Morris and Company, Ltd., George Street, Hanover Square, London W. 1 Telephone: Mayfair, 1664-1665.’ Stenciled on inside cover: ‘A141’.
The book contains 83 samples in different colourways, 42 pattern designs are represented:
1. Tulip frieze; Dark green, pale green, red, pink, blue on white
2. Tulip frieze; Two shades of light green, red, pink, brown on white
3. Willow; Two shades of grey on mottled blue ground
4. Willow; Two shades of sugar-pink on lighter ground
5. Willow; Two shades of blue-green on lighter ground
6. Willow; Two shades of grey-green on lighter ground (N.B. not identical colour to that in BLB93, which is blue-grey on lighter ground)
7. Willow; Two shades of green on white
8. Willow; Two shades of yellow on white
9. Willow; White and grey on beige silvered ground
10. Willow; White and pale ochre on buff-pink silvered ground
11. Willow Bough; Three shades of green, dark green and brown on cream (N.B. not identical colour to that in BLB92, which is more yellow-green and olive brown)
12. Willow Bough; Three shades of green, olive and brown on pale blue (N.B. not identical colour to that in BLB92, where leaves are more olive green shade. Here olive green and blue-green)
13. Willow Bough; Three shades of green, olive, and light brown on pale green ground
14. Willow Bough; Gold, pale gold and yellow on white
15. Branch; White on silvered ground
16. Daisy; Dark grey-green, ochre, rose reds, buff-grey on dull grey green ground, flecked with light green
17. Daisy; Two shades of light green, yellow ochre, rose, pink, white, on white flecked with light green
18. Daisy; Two shades of light green, turquoise, blue, pink reds, ochres on light green ground flecked with green
19. Daisy; Yellow, ochre, pink reds, brown, green and grey on dull light turquoise flecked with green
20. Fruit (Four Fruits or Pomegranate); Buff, green, dark green, grey-green, dull pink, dull rose, maroon, dark grey brown, white on cream ground with background pattern in lime green
21. Fruit (Four Fruits or Pomegranate); Dull green, dark green, grey-browns, three shades of pink reds, grey, grey-blue on dull blue ground with background pattern in light blue
22. Fruit (Four Fruits or Pomegranate); Dark grey-blue, deep green, buff, rose reds, buff, pale yellow ochre white on white with yellow ochre background pattern
23. Fruit (Four Fruits or Pomegranate); Dark green, lime green, brown, grey brown, two shades of rose, maroon, orange, yellow ochre, cream on white with lime green background pattern
24. Fruit (Four Fruits or Pomegranate); Dull yellow ochre, green, two shades of rose, grey, grey brown, cream on black shiny ground with grey background pattern
25. Trellis; Pale green, grey-green outline, two shades of pink, pale and mid blue, brown, two shades of pale grey on light buff paper
26. Scroll; Dull olive, tan, dull grey-green on two shades of darker grey-green
27. Scroll; Dark brown, dull ochre, two shades of brown on background of light and dark grey
28. Jasmine; Two shades of light and dark yellow-green, white, pinkish-brown, pale green, dull pale blue
29. Jasmine; Two shades of pale green, white, light brown, on green ground with two shades of dull duck-egg blue
30. Lily; Pastel pinks, pastel blues, ochre, orange, light greens and white, on white with very pale green background sprays
31. Larkspur; Pale and light yellow-green, buff, yellow, ochre salmon pinks, turquoise blues on white stippled in very pale grey
32. Larkspur; Pale green, two shades of light green, yellow, ochre purple-pinks, three shades of purple on white ground stippled in pale ochre
33. Larkspur; Pale green, two shades of light green, deep and light pinks, three shades of pale blue, cream on white stippled in cream
34. Powdered; Green, pale green background sprays, olive brown, turquoise and blue, pinks on white
35. Vine; Two shades of dull purple; three shades of dull green, blue on darker blue ground, printed on thick light grey paper with rough surface
36. Acanthus; Shades of grey-greens, olive greens and brown on dark green-blue ground patterned with lighter green sprays
37. Acanthus; Shades of bright and dull turquoise blues
38. Pimpernel; Three shades of light ochre, pale lime greens, light greens, blue on dark green ground
39. Chrysanthemum; Lime green outline, pale grey-greens and dull beige on dark green ground
40. Honeysuckle; Four shades of light grey, dark brown, buff, pale red, orange on paler grey ground
41. Honeysuckle: Light brown outline, yellow ochre, dull gold, two shades of light green on pale green ground
42. Honeysuckle: Brown outline, three shades of pale green, yellow, beige, light red on cream
43. Wild Tulip; Grey-green outline, pale grey-green, stippling in grey-green and ochre, on pale blue with darker blue stippling, on white
44. Wild Tulip; Light brown outline, orange, red and salmon stippling on salmon ground stippled in darker colour, on white
45. Wild Tulip; Ochre outline with light ochre, ochre, pale orange and light brown stippling on deep cream-yellow ground stippled in ochre brown, on white
46. Wild Tulip; Light green outline, yellow and yellow green stippling, on pale green ground with deeper stippling, on white
47. Garden Tulip; Dark green outline, two shades of light olive green, salmon pink and light red on buff with background arabesques in light brown
48. Garden Tulip; Lime green outline, pale lime and pale yellow, mid green, on pale green with white arabesques
49. Garden Tulip; Light brown outline,shades of gold, light gold and brown gold on cream with light gold arabesques
50. Iris; Two shades of pale blue, two shades of dusty pink, three shades of light green on white
51. Iris; Two shades of dull salmon pink, ochre, light brown on light and dark dull turquoise (N.B. not same shade as similar piece in BLB90, which has blue-grey ground)
52. Autumn Flowers; Pale yellow, yellow ochre, gold, pale lime green on white
53. Autumn Flowers; Ochre, dull red, grey-blue, blue-green and light green on fawn textured paper
54. Norwich; Two shades of turquoise, grey and grey-green outline, yellow-green, green, pale brown and shades of cream on mica paper
55. Norwich; Light brown outline, light red, gold-yellow pale greens, pale dull turquoise on dusty pink with cream stippling
56. Double Bough; Light brown outline, pale lime green and mid green, dull pink, yellow, yellow ochre on deep cream ground stippled in silver
57. Double Bough; Lime green, yellow ochre, pale yellow, dull duck-egg blue, light brown outline, mid-green on dusty pink stippled with silver
58. Double Bough; Outline in dark grey-green, pale grey-green, yellow ochre, dark blue-green on pale blue stippled with pastel blue
59. Flora; Lime green, pale grey green, two shades of light blue, salmon pink, pale orange, white on pale duck-egg blue
60. Blackthorn; Maroon, purple-pink, yellow, orange, white, ochre, light green, two shades of green-blue, blue, dull grey green and pink-brown on dark green
61. Compton; Three shades of light green, two shades of pastel blue, buff, dull pink, white on deep dull green
62. Compton; White, pale yellow, two shades of lime green, two shades of light blue, red and pink, light green on deep blue-green ground
63. Celandine; Green, pale green, olive green, pastel pinks, two shades of light blue, yellow and yellow ochre on white. (N.B. small section cut out in centre)
64. Golden Lily; Pale blue, two shades of pink, ochre, light greens, white, on mid blue ground with light blue stippling
65. Golden Lily; Brown outline, pale olive green, pale pastel green, yellow ochre, pink, two shades of turquoise on white
66. Golden Lily; Salmon pinks, pale duck-egg blue, pale yellow ochre, two shades of pale green on green ground with lighter green stippling
67. Orchard; Two shades of light blue, orange-pink, red, brown, three shades of light green, green outline, cream on white
68. Seaweed; Two shades of pale lime green, yellow, dull pink, two shades of light blue on dark blue ground with light blue stippling
69. Daffodil; Yellow, cream, white, pink, red-brown, two shades of light brown, two shades of green on white with pale blue background sprays
70. Meadow Sweet; Pale lime green, brown, blue on white
71. Persian; Salmon pink, deep pink, three shades of light green, pale blue on white
72. Sweet Pea; Pale greens, pale pastel blues, pastel pinks, pastel purples on white (N.B. half piece)
73. Harebell; Pale yellow, white, two shades of light blue, three shades of light green, green outline on white
74. Harebell; Salmon pink, deep pink, light blue, mid-blue, lime green, green on dark blue ground
75. Leicester; Pale green, light green, yellow, salmon pink, deep pink, cream, pale blue on dark blue ground printed on thick paper with rough surface
76. Sweet Briar; Pale pink, red, brown, three shades of green on white
77. Arbutus; Two shades of grey green, lime green, white, two shades of brown, deep pink, rose, maroon on pale buff ground, patterned with formal sprays in light grey-blue
78. Bird and Pomegranate; Two shades of turquoise, two shades of brown, light green, light red, cream, white on pale buff
79. Bird and Pomegranate; Pale beige, cream, dull red, brown, two shades of green on dark blue ground
80. Brentwood; Dull rose, light green and blue on white
81. Indian; Light brown, black on dull red-brown
82. Indian; Light brown, black on deep puce
83. Indian; Two shades of dull emerald green on shiny black
