Kathleen Allington
Kathleen Allington was a British textile designer trained by the artist and craftsman William Morris. Allington designed wallpapers released by Morris & Co..
Designs
Three designs published by Morris & Co. are attributed to Allington, as Kersey: "Arbutus", "Verdure", and "Bird and Pomegranate".Allington is also known to have created further designs for textiles, wallpaper, tapestries and furnishing fabrics. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds several of her drawings including a pattern featuring green parakeets with flowers and fruits, monkeys and squirrels, and pink and green parrots. In 2025, the latter, now titled "Parrots", was adapted and printed on a range of items, including aprons and oven gloves, for sale in the Victoria and Albert Museum Shop.