Cornubia wallpaper collection Morris & Co

Cornubia wallpaper by Morris & Co: floral patterns with recognisable plants

The Cornubia wallpaper by Morris & Co brings the garden close to the wall. Each pattern in this collection is filled with flowers and leaves you can name: blackthorn, tulip, thistle, fritillary. Yet no pattern feels like a copy of another. The background varies from dark navy blue through speckled blue-green to light cream, and that determines how a room feels. On one wall the pattern recedes into depth, on another red and orange leap forward. They differ in scale and symmetry, from tightly mirrored to flowing.

Patterns in the Cornubia wallpaper collection

Blackthorn wallpaper lays a dense millefleurs of blackthorn branches with cream-white blossom, red chequered fritillaries, blue violets and red and orange flowers over a navy blue ground, mirrored around a vertical axis. In a bathroom with a petrol-green vanity unit and white marble it makes the space dark and enclosed. Woodland Weeds wallpaper works on a larger scale: pink lilies with long leaves, cream-coloured bells and pink thistles stand in ogees of curved stems with yellow dots, on speckled blue-green. Compton wallpaper places red tulips, yellow and orange flowers and light blue foliage on light cream and is more loosely constructed, less strictly mirrored. With Bachelors Button wallpaper everything revolves around swirling leaves and growing tendrils. Windrush wallpaper is a layered design in a vibrant colour palette.

Choosing Morris & Co wallpaper by background and scale

Choose the background first, then the scale. The navy blue of Blackthorn draws a small space inward, while a yellow window frame and a dark herringbone floor provide counterbalance. Woodland Weeds calls for calm surroundings: cream wainscoting and a wooden console let the large pattern speak. Compton on cream stays light, even next to blue-and-white china and a Windsor chair. This way you set a different tone in each room with Cornubia by Morris & Co.