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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Discovery of Witches, Season 3 Episode 2, 2022. William Morris, "Honeysuckle", 1876 (designed as a fabric).

Screenshot from A Discovery of Witches season 3 episode 2, showing a bedroom in a modern style with opulent historic patterns. The wall is covered in Morris & Co. Honeysuckle wallpaper, a detailed and large-scale pattern of blue-green leaves and pink flowers on a brown background. Marcus (Edward Bluemel) reclines on the ornate blue and gold velvet bedspread, holding a book.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Correction: "Bachelor's Button" is from 1892, and most likely by J.H. Dearle.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Something interesting here: both rooms have walls with "neutral" or less-dense wallpapers with decorative borders above the dado. These borders weren't offered by the nineteenth-century Morris & Co. They seem to have been modern Morris & Co. products from around the time The Forsyte Saga was filmed.

Héléne (Amanda Ooms) and Young Jolyon (Rupert Graves) speak at the young child June’s bedside. The wall behind the brass bedstead has a wallpaper with just the background fill of Morris & Co. “Lily”, with a border of the “Lily” floral motifs above the dado.

Héléne (Amanda Ooms) and Young Jolyon (Rupert Graves) speaking close together. Behind them, there is a wall with cream wallpaper and a border above the dado of fruit motifs taken from Morris & Co. “Fruit”, but with less leaf fill and looping branches.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Forsyte Saga, Season 1 Episode 1, 2002 William Morris, “Lily” (1873) and “Fruit” (1864)

A Victorian bedroom, with green-painted wainscotting on the bottom half of the walls and Morris & Co. “Lily” wallpaper on the top half, a pattern of clumps of flowers and foliage scattered on a light green leafy background. There is a green-painted fireplace surround with pieces of Staffordshire pottery on the mantle and two small pictures hanging on the wall. In front of the fireplace, Young Jolyon (Rupert Graves) and Héléne (Amanda Ooms) speak.

A Victorian sitting room or study, with Morris & Co. “Fruit” on the walls, a pattern of branches bearing pomegranates and citrus fruit. There are small pictures and a sampler on the wall and windows dressed with mustard-yellow curtains. Héléne (Amanda Ooms) sits writing and looks up at Young Jolyon (Rupert Graves), who leans on the desk.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"The Oscar Wilde Sketch", in "Grandstand", Monty Python's Flying Circus Series 3 Episode 13, 1972 J.H. Dearle, "Pink and Rose", 1891

Screenshot from Monty Python, "The Oscar Wilde Sketch." At center, Oscar Wilde (Graham Chapman) holds forth to the Prince of Wales (Terry Jones), flanked by George Bernard Shaw (Eric Idle) and James McNeill Whistler (John Cleese). They are in a room with late Victorian furnishings: a large wooden sideboard decorated with silver and ceramics, a stained glass window in the background, and walls papered with Morris & Co. "Pink and Rose" wallpaper in a red-brown colorway.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Call the Midwife Series 11 Episode 4 J.H. Dearle, "Compton", 1896

A 1960s interior, with one of the Call the Midwife sisters on the right in front of a low bookcase. To the left, a woman leans against a windowsill, likely in the midst of a birth. The wallpaper behind the Sister is papered in Morris & Co. "Compton", a patten with pink poppies, white tulips, pink honeysuckle, and green foliage on a dark background.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"But Morris on Screen," I hear you ask, "Isn't Bridgerton set in the 1810s?" Indeed it is.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bridgerton Season 2 Episode 4, “Victory” William Morris, "Willow Boughs" (wallpaper), 1887

Screenshot from Bridgerton, showing a dress shop. At center, an errand boy picks up a dress box covered in Morris & Co. "Willow Boughs", a pattern of light blue willow leaves on a cream ground.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Midsomer Murders Series 5 Episode 4, “Ring Out Your Dead” William Morris, “Fruit” (designed as wallpaper), c. 1866

A tea shop, with cafe curtains in Morris & Co. “Fruit”: a criss-crossing pattern of thin branches with narrow olive-type leaves and citrus and pomegranate fruits, on a cream ground. To the left DS Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey) faces the camera, speaking to DCI Tom Barnaby, who sits close to the camera at right, back turned.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Midsomer Murders Series 5 Episode 4, “Ring Out Your Dead” William Morris, “Fruit” (designed as wallpaper), c. 1866

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The red "Strawberry Thief" used here is a modern colorway and material - Morris & Co. only manufactured it as a textile with an indigo background. And the "Pimpernel" is hung upside down, which happens a lot!

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"Love Hard", 2021. William Morris, "Strawberry Thief", 1885 (foreground) and "Pimpernel," 1876 (background).

A scene from "Love Hard", 2021. A woman pulls out a chair at a table in a domestic dining room, beside a man who is already seated. The room they are in has high wood panel wainscotting with "Strawberry Thief" in a dark red colorway above. Through a wide doorway, a stair hall can be seen with a high painted section in a grey-green with a narrow panel of "Pimpernel" in a grey-green colorway above.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I particularly like the pattern recoloring for the poster because it reminds me of one of my favorite versions of "Chrysanthemum," a Sanderson colorway from the 1960s. www.wmgallery.org.uk/object/chrys...

Sample of "Chrysanthemum" wallpaper, a meander (S-curve) pattern of serrated leaves and large blossoms on a backdrop of simplified willow leaves. The backdrop is in shades of grey-blue. The leaves are light purple and purple-brown. Two types of large serrated-edged flowers (stylized tulips) are pink-purple, and two types of large many-petalled chrysanthemum blooms are turquoise.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I love the use of Morris & Co. in graphics as well as on screen! Thank you to @hopesteffen.bsky.social for drawing my attention to this one: the poster for comedian Denise Scot's 2026 tour "Tickety Boo", featuring a recolored version of William Morris's "Chrysanthemum" (wallpaper, 1877).

Tour graphic for Denise Scott. She is centered in the image, seen from waist up in maroon top with highly detailed embroidered floral trim. A very large rendition of "Chrysthanthemum", an intricate floral pattern with serrated leaves and big many-petaled flowers, forms the background and overlaps her body in places. The flowers are as big as her head. The print is in shades of bright blue, with pink flowers. At the middle, text reads "Denise Scott Tickety Boo."

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Another episode of Sewing Bee, another Morris & Co. pattern. The Great British Sewing Bee, Series 12 Episode 2, 2026 William Morris, "Strawberry Thief", 1885

Screenshot from Season 12, Episode 2 of The Great British Sewing Bee, showing Sam working in his studio, which has white walls and a sloping attic roof. There is an upholstered box (ottoman?) at his feet covered in "Strawberry Thief" fabric.

A cropped detail of the previous image, centered on the "Strawberry Thief" upholstered box.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oh very good tip, thank you! I also collect sightings that aren’t exactly on screen - ads, book covers, the wrappers on the panettone that a major US grocery store sells every Christmas season…

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Morris on Screen is now also on Instagram! I’ll be posting the same on-screen sightings over there, plus possible bonus stories if I spot Morris & Co. patterns in the wild. www.instagram.com/morris_on_sc...

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Great British Sewing Bee, Series 12 Episode 1, 2026 William Morris, "Snakeshead", 1876 (designed as a printed fabric)

Lewis, Great British Sewing Bee 2026 contestant, carrying a small tray of drinks in a pub. The walls have dark grey-brown painted wainscoting with Morris & Co. "Snakeshead" wallpaper above: a small symmetrical repeating pattern of yellow and red abstracted flowers and white stems on a dark background.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This is such a good one! And they hung it right side up, too!

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Gavin Stoneystreet @drgavin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

@morris-on-screen.bsky.social @smeadleonard.bsky.social Happy to see Morris's Pimpernel on Stranger Things S5 E5 x

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I caught Willow Boughs in Slow Horses, but missed Strawberry Thief - will need to look again!

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Fiddler on the Roof, 1971 William Morris, "Chrysanthemum", 1877

A scene from Fiddler on the Roof (1971): Tevye enters a room, following a woman. The room is decorated in Victorian style, with brass table lamps and objects, a sofa upholstered in a dark floral with a lace cover on the back, dark curtains, and Morris & Co. "Chrysanthemum" on the wall. All of the colors are very muted.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Oh wow - I just looked it up, it's great! (And as you say: very improbable.) Can't believe nobody had pointed this one out before!

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 3 Episodes 5 and 6, "Penultimate Peril" Part 1 and 2, 2019. William Morris, "Bachelor's Button", 1864 and J.H. Dearle "Seaweed", 1901.

The Baudelaire children, dressed in green hotel bellboy uniforms, gather in a hotel room decorated with green-on-green, complexly patterned fabrics and wallpaper. The room is dimly lit, but a lamp on the far wall illuminates the wallpaper, which is Morris & Co. "Bachelor's Button," a tonal green pattern of large swirling acanthus leaves and rounded flowers.

Arthur Poe leads the Baudelaire children down a hotel hallway. They are all wearing blindfolds and dressed nicely in suits or dresses. They are at a crossing of two hallways, and there is an open area surrounded by a wrought-iron ballustrade to the right. The floors are inlaid parquet. The walls have dark green trim surrounding large panels of Morris & Co. "Seaweed", a complex pattern of many fine details, with sharp-edged foliage in brighter green and small blue flowers on a dark green ground.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The Living and the Dead, Series 1 Episode 1, 2017 "Indian", probably by George Gilbert Scott, 1868-70

Harriet Denning (Tallulah Haddon), a young woman in a white and blue 1890s day dress with loose wavy blond hair, sits on a chaise lounge draped in fabric in front of a wall papered in Morris & Co. “Indian” wallpaper, a historic revival unrealistic pattern of very thick plant stems and large stylized flowers, in gold tones on a dark blue background.

Nathan Appleby (Colin Morgan), a man with dark hair and beard in 1890s waistcoat, shirtsleeves, trousers, and high boots, sits at a desk adjusting a phonograph horn. Small amounts of “Indian” wallpaper are visible under the window and behind the various pieces of decoration above his desk.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Another Morris cushion spotted on Taskmaster @taskmaster.tv Season 17 - Episode 4, "Apropos of Apoppo" William Morris, "Strawberry Thief", 1883 (alongside a sliver of "Snakeshead", 1876)

An slightly fisheye view of the Taskmaster study in series 17, with John Robins, Joanne McNally, and Sophie Willan seated at the table looking at a task. The decor theme is Victorian. Two cushions sit on the sofa at left, made with Morris & Co. "Snakeshead" and "Strawberry Thief" fabrics.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The Lodgers, 2017 William Morris, “Pimpernell”, 1876 another past contribution from @petrabclark.bsky.social !

A young man in a blue shirt and black waistcoat, seen from shoulders up, bows his head in front of a wall covered in Morris & Co. “Pimpernell”, a swirling, symmetrical pattern with green background, light green steams and leaves, large peachy flowers and small white flowers.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

As noted, the paper used is a metallic version which seems to be modern. Some historic Morris papers did have shine to them, but this was either a subtle effect created with mica in the pigment or very bold embossed lacquered faux-leathers like this "Sunflower": collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O248656...

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Sunflower, 108 | Morris, William | V&A Explore The Collections

Specimen of 'Sunflower, 108' wallpaper, a symmetrical, formalised pattern of sunflowers and grape vines with fruit, golden yellow with a dark ground; Colour block print, on paper; Designed by William ...

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Phantom Thread, 2017 William Morris, "Fruit", 1866 (modern metallic colorway)

Setting: A room papered floor to ceiling with Morris & Co. "Fruit", a pattern of leaves, citrus, and pomegranates on a silvery blue metallic background. The room has white trim including a doorway, a chair rail, and inset panels above the chair rail; every divided section is papered with the same pattern. A large gilt-framed mirror sits on the mantle of a white fireplace, reflecting yet more wallpaper.
Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Alma Elson (Vicky Krieps) sit at a breakfast table in the middle of the room. Reynolds is writing or sketching in a notebook on his lap. Alma is pouring tea from a silver pot.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Lovecraft Country, Season 1 Episode 3, "Holy Ghost”, 2020 George Gilbert Scott, “Indian”, c. 1868-70 (yet another originally submitted by @petrabclark.bsky.social!)

Setting: A nineteenth-century style dining room with ornately carved wooden chairs around a marble-topped table. The table is covered in various old, dusty-look detritus including some books and an ice cream scoop. Against the wall and through a wide doorway, other furniture is draped in sheets. the walls are papered in Morris & Co. "Indian" in a gold on dark green or brown background. The design is a bold meandering stem with large highly stylized flowers.
Two Black women stand in the doorway in 1950s clothing. One, a young woman in black blouse and gold trousers, stands with hands on hips looking into the room. The other, an older woman, wears a green dress and is speaking.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

This green-on-green colorway is appropriate to the general period - it's seen in Morris & Co. sample books by the turn of the 20th century. The version seen here is from one of the Brooklyn Museum sample books. www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/97900

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Wallpaper sample book, printed paper. Each sample illustrating different colors of different floral and foliate wallpaper designs by William Morris with pattern name and number on back. Bound in gre...

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

"I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson", Season 2 Episode 1, 2021 William Morris, "Chrysanthemum”, 1877

fills the middle of the room into the foreground, surrounded by low Aesthetic-style wooden chairs with small red back cushions. There is a limited setting on the bare wood table: two place settings at the far ends of the table, a small ceramic tureen, and two lit candles in low crystal candle sticks. against the walls are a mid-height buffet and two tall glass-fronted china cabinets. The buffet displays some pieces of Aesthetic pottery. The walls are papered in a green-on-green colorway of Morris & Co. “Chrysanthemum” (see second image for description).

Three people stand around the table: an older man in casual modern clothing, a younger man with long dark hair and a dark jacket over a white shirt with big flowing white cuffs, and a woman in a dark coat or dress.

Morris & Co. “Chrysanthemum” wallpaper sample. A pattern of thin meandering stems and large blossoms and serrated leaves on a background fill of smaller simplified leaves and stems. The colorway is green-on-green, all in chalky distemper shades. The darkest green is the background, with the majority of the small and large foliage in the same shade of mid olive green. The central large poppy-style bloom with serrated petals is in a light, yellowish green and its stems are a lighter, mintier green than the rest of the pattern. The large namesake chrysanthemum blossoms’s rounded petals are another lighter shade of minty green, and the central gathered stamens olive green on dark green.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Sanderson introduced several new colorways to their Morris & Co. products in the late 1960s to appeal to period tastes - a common practice throughout the history of Morris patterns (see today's "Pure" monochromes, for example!). The vivid blue Michaelmas Daisy seen here is one of my very favorites.

Sample of Morris & Co. “Michaelmas Daisy”, a pattern of repeating symmetrical bunches of daisies with dense foliage. The flowers are bright blue and the leaves ochre-bronze on a background of rich medium blue.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Midsomer Murders, series 19 episode 6, “The Curse of the Ninth”, 2017 J.H. Dearle, “Michaelmas Daisy”, 1912 (blue and bronze colorway c. 1968-72)

Setting: A room with low white wainscoting. To the right, the wall above the wainscoting is also white. To the left, taking up most of the frame, is a wall where the wainscoting is topped with Morris & Co. “Michaelmas Daisy”, a pattern of repeating symmetrical bunches of daisies with dense foliage. The colorway is dark bronze leaves and bright blue flowers on a dark blue background. There is a half-height bookshelf in front of the wall, full of antique books and toppes with a bronze of a horse and rider and some Chinese porcelain. There is a portrait of a man on the wall, maybe 17th-century. To the right, the white wall has other framed pictures on it and a marble bust. There is an open door in the corner where the two men meet, white with white trim.
Michael Falconer (James Fleet), a man dressed in black with grey hair and beard, is coming through the doorway into the room, followed by John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon).

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, 2010, also featured another Morris & Co. paper: William Morris, "Windrush", 1883 (designed as textile, modern red colorway)

A large group of people in somber modern clothing gathered around a table in a formal dining room. A man stands at the head of the table, speaking. Behind him, the wall is papered in Morris & Co. "Windrush", a pattern of meandering thin stems and large blooms, colorway pink on red.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Oh wow!! I’m actually doing deeper research on Morris & Co. in set design right now in preparation for a conference paper, so I’d love to know anything about sources or how pattern choices are made, if he’s willing to share!

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Petra Clark @petrabclark.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The teen protagonist of "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" (2024) has a lovely bedroom papered with "Willow Bough" (1887) wallpaper. These screenshots are from Episode 1, but it reappears throughout. 🌿 @morris-on-screen.bsky.social

A teen girl leans against a dark wood door set in a stone wall. The adjacent wall is decorated with a swirling green and cream leaf-patterned wallpaper, long red curtains, and an Art Deco wardrobe.

A teen girl with short dark hair stands in front of a wall decorated with green and cream leaf-patterned wallpaper.

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Petra Clark @petrabclark.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

For @morris-on-screen.bsky.social : A Morris & Co. two-fer spotted in the film "Nonnas" (2025): "Fruit" (1866) wallpaper appears in one scene along with a character wearing a "Pimpernel" (1876) apron.

Two women and a man observe a third woman preparing a dish in a restaurant kitchen. The wall behind the man is decorated with a fruit and floral wallpaper in shades of red, yellow, green, and pale blue.

Two women sit at a counter in a restaurant kitchen while a thirs stands between them tasting some sauce. The woman on the left wears an apron decorated in a large print floral pattern in muted green shades.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

William Morris, “Marigold” (1875) and “Windrush” (1883, designed as fabric).

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Ooh, I had the Marigold on my list to post but didn’t know about the Windrush, thank you!

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark also features a paper by Morris's contemporary and friend Walter Crane, "The Sleeping Beauty" from 1879. Shout out to @petrabclark.bsky.social for this spotting!

Kim Raphael (Katie Holmes) standing in a room papered with Walter Crane's "The Sleeping Beauty", a dense pattern of rose blooms and foliage with small figures intertwined, in shades of ochre gold. A dark paneled section of wall with Morris & Co. "Blackthorn" is visible at far left.

A teddy bear in front of a section of Walter Crane's "The Sleeping Beauty", a dense ochre-colored pattern of roses with small figures intertwined.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, 2010 J.H. Dearle, “Blackthorn”, 1892 (modern red colorway)

Kim Raphael (Katie Holmes) looking through a doorway trimmed with very dark wood. The wall on the side of the doorway has dark wood wainscoting topped by Morris & Co. “Blackthorn”, a symmetrical pattern of branches and small white flowers on a dark red background.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Wanderlust, 2018 (recurring set) William Morris, "Strawberry Thief", 1883

Joy Richards (Toni Collette) sitting in an light brown leather armchair in front of a bookcase. There is a throw pillow beside her on the chair covered in Morris & Co. “Strawberry Thief” in a light blue colorway. The birds and strawberries of the pattern aren’t visible, but green foliage and small cream and pink flowers can be seen.

Joy Richards (Toni Collette) again sitting in an light brown leather armchair in front of a bookcase, but in a different outfit. There is a throw pillow beside her on the chair covered in Morris & Co. “Strawberry Thief” in a light blue colorway. The birds and strawberries of the pattern aren’t visible, but green foliage and a large cream tulip can be seen.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Gilded Age version is interesting because it has the chalkier effect of the original distemper-printed papers, but the colors of the motifs are more in line with the modern colorway. Possibly a paper no longer made, or a different manufacturer.

Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) sitting at a desk in the same room as the first image, with the wallpaper discussed behind her.

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Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This is another case where the colorway is probably a modern Morris & Co. invention, though it's quite close to the original 1870s style. Left is an original sample of the design from one of the Brooklyn Museum sample books, right is a modern Morris & Co. colorway.

Sample of Morris & Co. "Chrysanthemum", with large cream chrysanthemum blossoms and pink poppies on stems with elaborate blue-green serrated foliage. The background is a dark green with yellow-gold infill of simple lobed foliage.

Wallpaper sample of modern Morris & Co. "Chrysanthemum", with red-pink chrysanthemums and yellow poppies, brighter green stem foliage, and a dark blue ground with dark grey-grean infill foliage.

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