Marigold was designed by William Morris and registered in 1875 as a wallpaper, but it possibly dates from c.1873, since it appears in the records of Morris & Co.’s wallpaper manufacturers Jeffrey & Co. between Jasmine (1872) and Lily (1874) wallpapers. The pattern incorporates larger marigold flowers amongst sprays of willow like leaves, on a sub-pattern of smaller foliage and flowers. The monochrome pattern was produced in a wide variety of colourways. This version in two shades of pale pink was acquired from the retailer Maple & Co. Furniture from their old supply of wallpaper stock.
Morris also registered the design as a chintz later in 1875. Despite modern reproductions of Morris’s patterns being used for both wallpaper and textiles, Marigold is one of only three designs Morris specifically intended to be produced as both a textile and a wallpaper.
