ory , ▁and ▁then ▁w oven ▁on ▁a ▁lo om . ▁ ▁Lar ge - scale ▁t apest ries ▁were ▁made ▁in ▁this ▁way ▁at ▁M erton , ▁mostly ▁by ▁the ▁employ ment ▁of ▁boys ▁ages ▁th ir teen ▁and ▁four teen , ▁who ▁received ▁shelter , ▁board ▁and ▁a ▁daily ▁w age . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁t apest ries ▁made ▁by ▁Bur ne - J ones ▁and ▁Morris ▁were ▁Holy ▁Gra il ▁t apest ries ▁made ▁for ▁ ▁William ▁Kno x ▁D ' Ar cy ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁for ▁his ▁d ining ▁room ▁at ▁Stan more ▁Hall ▁ ▁Add itional ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁t apest ries ▁with ▁minor ▁variations ▁were ▁w oven ▁on ▁commission ▁by ▁Morris ▁& ▁Co . ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁de cade . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁full - scale ▁t apest ries , ▁the ▁M erton ▁Ab bey ▁work shop ▁produced ▁smaller ▁works , ▁designed ▁as ▁cover ings ▁for ▁c ush ions ▁and ▁furn iture . ▁Multiple ▁copies ▁were ▁made ▁of ▁some ▁popular ▁t apest ries . ▁ ▁Ten ▁copies ▁were ▁made ▁of ▁ ▁The ▁Ad oration ▁between ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁ ▁Car p ets ▁In ▁March , ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁Morris ▁became ▁the ▁sole ▁owner ▁of ▁what ▁became ▁William ▁Morris ▁Company , ▁bu ying ▁out ▁the ▁shares ▁of ▁his ▁partners . ▁ ▁He ▁decided ▁to ▁diver ify ▁the ▁products ▁by ▁adding ▁car p ets , ▁a ▁market ▁that ▁was ▁almost ▁totally ▁domin