Trellis – The very first wallpaper by William Morris
In 1862, Morris designed his first wallpaper pattern, and he didn’t need his garden for inspiration. Trellis is the rose trellis from Red House, the home in Bexleyheath that Philip Webb built for him: wooden slats, climbing roses growing through them, a few flies and beetles. Morris didn’t draw the birds himself—those were Webb’s.
It was his first design but only the third to be printed, and it wasn’t an immediate success. In the 1860s, people wanted wallpaper that looked spacious and lifelike; the flat, almost naive Trellis didn’t fit that trend. It has remained in uninterrupted production ever since—taste eventually warmed up to the design.
The cream-colored base of the paper remained as the underlayer, with the trellis, red roses and Webb’s blue birds printed over top. The colors are woven into the base rather than printed on—they are embedded in the paper stock, so they will never fade.
William Morris & Philip Webb · 'Trellis', designed 1862 · wallpaper, block-printed in distemper paint.
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