‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful’, advised the influential British designer William Morris (1834-1896), known not only for his signature floral ...

Picture old William Morris, grave and bearded, wearing the floppy white wig of Andy Warhol, or a pair of his trademark Miltzen sunglasses.It's an image of the sort that could have come out of Warhol's ...

William's daughter May Morris took these ideas and made even more beautiful floral patterned objects for people's homes. Things like embroideries, jewellery, tapestries and tiles.

American artist Kehinde Wiley’s fascination with 19th century textile designer Willliam Morris began in the 1980s. By 2018, it had led him to be specially requested by then-president Barack ...

This wallpaper design, titled Daisy, was the first to be issued by Morris, in 1864. Daisy was based on a wall hanging illustrated in a 15th Century version of Froissart's Chronicles.