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An attempt by @smeadleonard to post about every Morris & Co. printed pattern.
Index available below.
Header: Strawberry Thief, printed cotton, 1883. V&A.
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Orchard appears to have been available in three colorways, seen here in examples from one of the Brooklyn Museum sample books.
There were light versions on white and green grounds and a dark version on a deep blue ground.

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Pattern 127: "Orchard", wallpaper. J.H. Dearle, before 1918.
Printed: Jeffrey & Co.
Image: V&A

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There are a number of other samples in museum collections which seem to be variants on these colorways - they may be slightly different colorways or production periods, or they may reflect differences in fading, lighting, and photographic adjustments.
(Both of these image V&A.)

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Iris seems to have been available in three colorways, printed on white, blue, and green - shown here in samples from one of the Brooklyn Museum sample books.

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My favorite thing about this pattern is a small detail: this hanging lily bud that seems to belong to both lily stems, highlighting the center line and symmetry of the pattern - and showing close observation of the lily's blooming cycle.

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Leicester seems to have been available in two colorways, which diverged only in their background color: dark green or white.
As noted above, the date of this design is unclear, but these examples appear in one of the Brooklyn Museum's c. 1918 sample books.

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Samples, like these from the Cooper Hewitt, show Horn Poppy was available in a number of colorways into the first decades of the twentieth century, especially in red, orange, and yellow shades.

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Judging by the Brooklyn Museum sample book, which dates from about a decade after the design, Sweet Pea was available in two colorways: white with pink, purple, and blue blooms, and green with blooms in shades of pink.

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The name Brocade pointed me in the direction of textiles, and I found several comparisons for the pattern in the V&A collection, such as this c. 1880 woven brocade from
Varanasi, India.
Note the variegated background and the bold outlines of the motifs.

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We've had quite a run of under-recorded Dearle-period patterns this week, and here's another.
It also appears in one of the c. 1918 Brooklyn Museum sample books (sample shown here), so it's probably from around then or a bit earlier.

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