▁experiments ▁with ▁printed ▁text iles ▁for ▁his ▁company ▁Morris , ▁Marshall , ▁Fa ulk ner ▁and ▁Co . ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁at ▁about ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁starting ▁to ▁make ▁printed ▁wall paper ▁( see ▁William ▁Morris ▁wall paper ▁designs ). ▁ ▁These ▁first ▁text iles ▁were ▁recre ations ▁of ▁earlier ▁designs ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s , ▁and ▁were ▁printed ▁for ▁Morris ▁by ▁the ▁work shop ▁ ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Clark son ▁of ▁B ann ister ▁Hall , ▁in ▁Lanc aster . ▁ ▁His ▁next ▁text ile ▁was ▁Tre ll is ▁with ▁j asm ine ▁( 1 8 6 8 – 7 0 ). ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁printed ▁with ▁synth etic ▁anal ine ▁d yes . ▁ ▁Next ▁he ▁made ▁Tul ip ▁and ▁Will ow , ▁a ▁design ▁he ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁very ▁disappoint ed ▁by ▁the ▁result . ▁ ▁He ▁bl amed ▁the ▁problem ▁on ▁the ▁artificial ▁d yes , ▁and ▁began ▁doing ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁natural ▁d yes ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁▁ ▁The ▁St raw berry ▁Th ief ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁Morris ' s ▁best - known ▁designs . ▁It ▁dep icted ▁a ▁scene ▁from ▁his ▁own ▁garden , ▁where ▁thr ush es ▁came ▁to ▁d ine ▁upon ▁the ▁ri pe ▁st raw ber ries . ▁ ▁Morris ▁moved ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁Tur ham ▁Green ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2