Willow Boughs Floral Cotton Bath Mat - Sage Green

This is a pure cotton bath mat carrying the Willow Boughs design, one of William Morris's best-known patterns of slender, curving leaves. Here it is worked in a soft sage green against a cream ground, with a narrow banded edge running along all four sides. The leaves are dense and all-over, so the mat reads as a rich, foliate texture rather than a single motif, and the two-tone palette keeps it calm rather than busy underfoot.

A bath mat like this belongs on the bathroom floor beside the tub or shower, where you want something soft to step onto and absorbent enough to cope with wet feet. The green and cream sit happily with white sanitaryware and with wood or stone, and the botanical pattern suits both traditional bathrooms and plainer, more transitional ones. If you already have Morris pieces elsewhere in the house, the Willow Boughs print ties the room back to them without matching everything exactly.

The mat is made from 100% cotton, which is what makes it soft against bare feet and quick to soak up water, since cotton is naturally absorbent and holds moisture well. It is machine washable, so it goes in with the rest of your towels and comes back ready to use, and being cotton throughout it will take a warm wash without fuss. The busy leaf pattern is forgiving of the everyday marks a bathroom floor collects, which is a practical reason to choose a print over a plain colour. Shake it out and lay it flat and it settles quickly. It is a small piece that does a lot of work in a room, drying your feet and pulling the floor together at the same time.

What is this bath mat made from?

It is made from 100% cotton throughout, which is soft underfoot and naturally absorbent, so it soaks up water from wet feet quickly and dries out well between uses.

Can I put it in the washing machine?

Yes, it is machine washable, so you can launder it alongside your towels and keep it fresh with ordinary everyday care rather than any special cleaning.

What colour is it?

It is a soft sage green Willow Boughs leaf pattern set against a cream ground, with a narrow banded border along each edge of the mat.

Will the pattern suit a traditional bathroom?

The Willow Boughs design is a classic Morris floral, so it works well in traditional bathrooms and sits comfortably in plainer, more transitional schemes too.

Is a printed mat practical for a bathroom floor?

Yes, the dense all-over leaf pattern is forgiving of the everyday marks a bathroom floor collects, so it tends to look tidy for longer than a plain colour would.