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Chronological Order, Pattern 82:
"Iris", c. 1887
Wallpaper
J.H. Dearle
Image: V&A
On another note, here is a selection colorways of Willow Bough that I didn't show in the original post - all from a c. 1918 Brooklyn Museum wallpaper sample book: the standard cream version, a very light blue ground, and a darker blue ground.
Chronological Order, Pattern 79:
"Lily and Pomegranate", 1886
Wallpaper
William Morris
Image: V&A
Other variations include a light olive ground and a dark dusky blue.
(Both large samples on left: V&A. Small samples on right: Cooper Hewitt.)
I have always tended to call this pattern "Crested Bird" because the crested birds are more prominent in the design. However, it was clearly called Hummingbird (or Humming Bird) in the 1910s, and it does in fact feature two hummingbirds.
This pattern with its bird motif appears in two colorways in the sample book. Parry writes that they date from after 1915 and may have been adapted from a historic textile design. This seems likely given both their style and the Firm's production in the 1910s.
Blackberry was available in three colorways, all variations on the same naturalistic combination of greens, pinks, whites, and yellows.
The pattern was available in at least three colorways, as shown by one of the c. 1918 Brooklyn Museum sample books.
St. James's huge scale and resultant high cost likely meant that it was of limited commercial appeal. It is absent from a c. 1909 catalogue of the Firm's papers, but a sample in a slightly different colorway appears in one of the c. 1918 Brooklyn Museum sample books.