▁to ▁experiment ▁with ▁a ▁genre , ▁text iles ▁for ▁furn ishing ▁or ▁u ph ol st ery . ▁His ▁first ▁design ▁was ▁j asm ine ▁trail ▁or ▁j asm ine ▁tre ll is ▁( 1 8 6 8 – 7 0 ), ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁similar ▁wall paper ▁design ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s , ▁he ▁expanded ▁his ▁activity ▁in ▁w oven ▁furn ishing ▁text iles . ▁IN ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁he ▁brought ▁a ▁sk illed ▁French ▁sil k ▁we aver , ▁Jacques ▁B az in , ▁from ▁Lyon ▁to ▁London , ▁r ented ▁a ▁studio ▁at ▁Great ▁Es mond ▁Y ard , ▁and ▁established ▁B az in ▁and ▁his ▁mechanical ▁Jac qu ard ▁lo om ▁there ▁to ▁make ▁w oven ▁wooden ▁fab rics . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁he ▁opened ▁new ▁work sh ops ▁at ▁M erton ▁Ab bey , ▁seven ▁miles ▁south west ▁of ▁London , ▁for ▁manufact uring ▁printed ▁and ▁w oven ▁text iles . ▁ ▁The ▁work sh ops ▁were ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁River ▁W and le , ▁providing ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁abund ant ▁clean ▁water , ▁and ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁grass y ▁me adow ▁where ▁dy ed ▁clothes ▁could ▁be ▁d ried ▁in ▁the ▁open ▁air . ▁ ▁He ▁produced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁furn ishing ▁fab rics ▁there , ▁including ▁the ▁W ey ▁and ▁W and le ▁designs . ▁ ▁Print ed ▁text iles ▁Morris ▁made ▁his ▁first