These are just a few of the nature-inspired motifs William Morris ... but back then, Morris’s attraction to simple, handmade forms, natural adornment, and medieval and neo-Gothic imagery ...

The obituaries and reminiscences that followed the death of William Morris ... based on natural forms such as flowers and birds, established his business, Morris’s real work was in the mind.

William Morris (1834-1896 ... which draw inspiration from the natural world, Morris rejected the new synthetic dyes, available since the 1850s, claiming to "have used only the dyes which are ...