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Willow Boughs

Originally hand-designed by William Morris, Willow Boughs is the pioneering designer's homage to the wonderful willow trees that grew in his garden. Elegant and soothing, it is a reinvention of his earlier 1874 design, Willow.

Discover Willow Boughs

Willow Boughs is the epitome of William Morris’s exceptional talent for design and composition with its sinuous lines and subtle tones. Elegant entwined stems meet with delicate willow leaves to craft one of Morris’s most prominent patterns. 

made to measure with willow boughs

Transform your Willow Boughs fabric into a bespoke, made to measure furnishing, bringing heritage into the home with this authentic William Morris design from our archive.

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The Story of Willow Boughs

Designed in 1887, Willow Boughs is an instantly recognisable William Morris design drawn from our authentic archive. An homage to Morris’s fascination with the natural world, Willow Boughs has been interpreted in various new colorways and cloths over the years.