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William Morris & Co (Westminster) (about 1901-1958)

Stained glass firm established in Westminster, London by William Thomas Morris (1874-1944), son of Richard Morris (died about 1901). Also known as William Morris Studios, partly as a way of distinguishing the firm from the more famous Morris & Co. William Morris had worked with his father and brothers, and their firm, Morris & Sons, also continued until the 1950s. The firm became part of the Pollard Group but their premises in Rochester Row were bombed in 1941. F.W. Cole re-established the firm in 1946.

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	St Paul firm/studio: William Morris & Co (Westminster) probably 1920s Church of St Nicholas, Montgomery, Powys north transept
	St Non and the Arrival of St Non and St David in Brittany firm/studio: William Morris & Co (Westminster) 1920 Chapel of Our Lady and St Non, St Davids, Pembrokeshire east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
	St Martin Dividing His Cloak to Clothe a Beggar firm/studio: William Morris & Co (Westminster) about 1926 Church of St Andrew, Narberth, Pembrokeshire south wall of the nave
	Symbols from Revelation firm/studio: William Morris & Co (Westminster) designer: Frederick W. Cole 1956 St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire west wall of the north aisle
	The Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi and Scenes from the Early Life of Christ firm/studio: William Morris & Co (Westminster) designer: Frederick W. Cole 1957 Church of St Mary, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire north wall of the north transept

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 88.

Ruth Cooke, 'The Other William Morris' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xxiv (2000), 53–9.

Richard MORRIS, the original Glass worker in the family was born in Lambeth in early 1842, and died in January 1911. He worked in the field of glass design and decorative glass all his working life. He is my distant cousin, through his mother's line.
Submitted by: Jane JACKSON (2015-01-23 16:53:01)

MY paper on this firm, entitled 'The Other William Morris' was published in the BSMGP Journal. It was at that date the only published piece on WMW and I think it should be cited.
Thank you
Submitted by: Ruth Cooke (2017-01-27 12:45:19)
Editor's response: I have added this in now.