Archive III wallpaper collection Morris & Co

Morris & Co Archive III wallpaper with seaweed, honeysuckle and woodland scenes

Archive III wallpaper from Morris & Co brings together five patterns drawn in close botanical detail. You'll find seaweed fronds that curl like plants moving underwater, honeysuckle set in mirrored rows, a woodland with grazing deer, scrolling acanthus and a trail of jasmine. In the rooms shown here, blue and green run through the patterns against grounds that range from dark teal and deep navy to warm beige. Some cover a wall in an even allover rhythm. Others read almost like a painted scene, so the wall itself becomes the picture.

Archive III wallpaper designs from Morris & Co

Morris Seaweed wallpaper reproduces a 1901 design by JH Dearle. Seaweed fronds, small blue flowers and pale yellow-green leaves flow across a dark teal ground with no fixed direction, echoing the curves of Art Nouveau. Honeysuckle and Tulip wallpaper takes its cue from watercolors of honeysuckle dating to 1876. Large cream blooms, bell-shaped flowers and blue-gray leaves sit in mirrored rows on deep navy, and the shaded line work gives each flower depth. The Brook wallpaper reads like a medieval tapestry, with oaks, a willow, grazing deer and fawns along a winding blue stream on beige. Mary Isobel wallpaper is adapted from an 1890s embroidery by JH Dearle and scrolls with acanthus leaves and flowers. Jasmine wallpaper, designed by William Morris in 1872, lays a meandering trail of jasmine over a dense ground of hawthorn leaves and blossom.

Choosing Morris & Co wallpaper for your rooms

The patterns differ most in scale and layout. Seaweed spreads evenly, so it works across every wall of a living room. Honeysuckle and Tulip has a strong mirrored rhythm that holds its own on a single wall, as it does above a farmhouse sink. The Brook is wide and pictorial, so give it an open wall where the deer and stream can be seen in full. At Selected Wallpapers you can compare the full Archive III wallpaper range side by side and pick the scale that suits your room.