William Morris founded Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., a major Victorian stained-glass firm, in 1861.
The company was established in London by Morris with a group that included Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, Philip Webb, and Charles Faulkner. Its work helped define the British Arts and Crafts movement by combining medieval-inspired design with carefully made decoration.
Morris designed patterns and supervised the firm, while other artists often supplied cartoons or figures for windows. Burne-Jones became particularly important as a designer of the company’s figurative stained glass.
The firm’s name changed several times before becoming Morris & Co. in 1875. Because several famous artists contributed to its windows, people sometimes identify Burne-Jones rather than Morris as the founder.