William Morris Kelmscott House Poppies, 1870s
William Morris De Morgan Arts & Crafts Victorian Pre-Raphaelite Medieval
William Morris De Morgan Arts & Crafts Victorian Pre-Raphaelite Medieval
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Through the dancing poppies stole /
A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.
~John Keats, Endymion
Poppy is an early William Morris design, 1870s. It clearly shows De Morgan's hand in implementation, and was sold through Morris and Co. I have poppy tiles available in yellow, red, salmon pink, tangerine, and Welsh blue.
Kelmscott House, William Morris's London Home, was first called "The Retreat" but Morris changed the name to "Kelmscott House" after his home in the Cotswalds, Kelmscott Manor. Morris installed poppies in the long drawing room at Kelmscott House in classic Victorian blue and white.
Poppy was a popular design. In addition to Victorian blue and white, Poppy was available in several colors.
Poppies are seamless on either the horizontal or vertical. As you can see in the photo on this page of the poppy fireplace tiles installed at the home of Morris's friend, Emergy Walker, they work well scrolling and side by side. If you would like your tiles to scroll, you can order half of your tiles reversed to align the stems.
Title: Morris & Company Poppy Tile
Designer: William Morris
Other Designers: William De Morgan
Colors: salmon pink, golden yellow, red, Welsh blue, tangerine
Other Colors: Blue on White
Background Colors: White, light cream
See How to Order Tile.4.25 inch square tiles: $53 each
6 inch square tiles: $63 each
One panel (two facing tiles): Available in 4.25 inch and 6 inch squares
Poppy tiles installed in a fireplace at Emery Walker House, Hammersmith
Blue Poppy Fireplace at Kelmscott House
Poppy tiles in red on cream, salmon pink on white, and Kelmscott blue and white
Poppy Shower. Alexandria, Virginia
With half tiles reversed:
No tiles reversed:
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