Bedford Park wallpaper collection Morris & Co

Bedford Park wallpaper by Morris & Co

Bedford Park wallpaper from Morris & Co sets the familiar plant patterns of the house in fresh, lively colors. Leicester fills a wall with scrolling acanthus leaves in sage and olive, broken up by pink and red blooms, yellow daisies and small pale blue lilies on cream. Yew & Aril goes the other way, with a dense diagonal of yew sprigs and round berries in coral red on off-white. Campanula packs red roses, yellow flowers and purple iris into mirrored groups. All three are drawn with clear outlines, so the pattern keeps its shape from across the room.

Designs in the Morris & Co Bedford Park wallpaper collection

John Henry Dearle drew Leicester wallpaper in 1912. He based it on the earlier Bachelors Button design from 1892, and it comes in both dark and light colorways. Dearle, then art director of Morris & Co, also designed Hyacinth wallpaper, with rolling flower heads in two new colorways. Spring Thicket wallpaper is the last pattern William Morris drew, from 1894, with curling leaves and tulip heads. C.F.A. Voysey created Tulip and Bird wallpaper in 1895, a symmetrical pattern of stylized flowers on a richly colored ground. Alan Francis Vigers drew Monkshood wallpaper in 1901, showing a classic plant in soft colors. Laceflower wallpaper sets birds among the stems and flower heads, with a retro feel. Yew & Aril wallpaper keeps to two colors, and Campanula wallpaper plays flat shapes against a sense of depth. Glade wallpaper and The Savaric wallpaper round out the collection.

Bedford Park by Morris & Co in your rooms

In the photos, Leicester sits behind a worn wooden console and dark pottery, and its cream ground keeps the hallway light. Campanula covers the wall below a dado rail with yellow paint above, and the same print wraps an arched headboard. Yew & Aril shows up in coral on the wall and in blue on the curtain. You can find every Bedford Park wallpaper design at Selected Wallpapers.