Morris and Company
2011 (May 5 2011)Commemorative
The original company of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was founded in 1861, and quickly established a reputation for fashionable interior design and manufacture of fine furniture and decorations.
Its Pre-Raphaelite founders were artist and designer William Morris, together with partners Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the architect Philip Webb, artist Ford Madox Brown, his associate Peter Paul Marshall and Charles Faulkner.
Designed by Kate Stephens
Size 37mm (h) x 35mm (v)
Printed by Cartor Security Print
Print Process Lithography
Perforations 14 x 14.5
Phosphor All Over
Gum PVA
Morris and Company , Vol.48 No.8 (Issue Details)
Stamps
Cray - William Morris
1stImage preview by Royal Mail
1884 - The most complex Morris and Company fabric print requiring 34 individual hand printing blocks
Cherries - Philip Webb
1stImage preview by Royal Mail
1867 - This detail from a panel designed by Philip Webb can be seen in the Morris and Company designed dining room (Now known as the Morris Room) at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Seaweed - John Henry Dearle
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1901 - Dearle started with Morris and Company as a shop assistant in their Oxford Street showroom, by 1890 he was chief designer and on Morris’s death in 1896 Art Director. This wallpaper design shows the distinctive Turkish and Persian influences he brought to the firm’s designs.
Peony - Kate Faulkner
76pImage preview by Royal Mail
1877 - Kate Faulkner was the sister of Morris’s former business partner William Faulkner together with her sister Lucy she produced a number of ceramic tile designs for Morris and Company.
Acanthus - William Morris and William De Morgan
£1.10Image preview by Royal Mail
1876 - This slip covered hand painted glazed tiles show how De Morgan’s tile designs were planned to create patterns when several tiles were laid together.
The Merchant's Daughter - Edward Burne-Jones
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1864 - Burne-Jones was one of the original partners at Morris and Company and the firm’s principal stained glass panel designer
Presentation Pack
Presentation Pack Inner
First Day Cover
Postmark
Prestige Stamp Book
In the Prestige Stamp Book Morris expert Linda Parry takes an in depth look at the history of Morris and Company and its legacy. It was designed by Kate Stephens. It contains four unique stamp panes unavailable anywhere else.
Publicity - First
PHQ Cards
