ROUEN VELVETS
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INSPIRED BY THE COLOUR INFUSED CATHEDRAL INTERIORS OF WILLIAM MORRIS’S EARLY TRAVELS TO FRANCE, MORRIS & CO. INTRODUCE ROUEN VELVETS, NEW FOR AW19. “Less than forty years ago, about thirty, I first saw the city of Rouen, then still in its outward aspect a piece of the Middle Ages: no words can tell you how its mingled beauty, history and romance took hold of me; I can only say that, looking back on my past life, I find it was the greatest pleasure I have ever had.” William Morris ‘The Aims of Art’ (1887) The beauty of northern France’s gothic cathedrals left a powerful imprint on William...

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FRUIT VELVET A classic Morris pattern originally designed as a wallpaper in 1864, Fruit has been carefully adapted into a luxurious velvet, seen here for the first time. Reproduced in a variety of authentic colourways, Fruit Velvet also features the magnificent, contemporary tones of Walnut and Bullrush. In 1866/7 Morris & Co. was commissioned to decorate the Green Dining Room of the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum, with similar motifs of fruit and leaves. Available in four colourways: Indigo/Slate, Madder/ Bayleaf, Walnut/Bullrush and Privet/Thyme SUNFLOWER...

IMAGE 1 Wallpaper: Strawberry Thief 216476 Sofa: Strawberry Thief Velvet 236932 Stools Clockwise: Fruit Velvet 236925, Indian Flock 236943, Snakeshead Velvet 236936, Sunflower Velvet 236929 Cushions: (L-R) Indian Flock 236943, Strawberry Thief Velvet 236932, Snakeshead Velvet 236936, Honeysuckle and Tulip Velvet 236939, Sunflower Velvet 236929, Indian Flock 236944, Snakeshead Velvet 236935, Fruit Velvet 236926, Sunflower Velvet 236930. Floor cushion: Fruit Velevt 236925 IMAGE 2 Curtain: Indian Flock 236943 Voile: Pure Net ceiling embroidery 236077 Wallpaper: Pure Net Ceiling 216036 Stools...