English wallpaper manufacturing company founded c. 1836. The company, variously known as Jeffrey, Wise & Co., Jeffrey, Wise & Horne (1842), Horne & Allen (1843) and Jeffrey, Allen & Co., produced pattern books (c. 1837–52) of cylinder machine prints and block prints in traditional designs (London, V&A, see Oman and Hamilton, no. 692A), together with reproductions of works of art, which were shown at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, London, in 1851. In 1864 Jeffrey & Co., then in Whitechapel, merged with Holmes & Aubert of Islington, London, taking over and enlarging their Islington premises. The skill of the company’s block printers led to two important commissions: the printing of wallpapers for Morris & Co. from 1864 onwards and, in 1865, of wallpapers designed by Owen Jones for the Viceroy’s Palace, Cairo. In 1866 Metford Warner (1843–1930) joined the firm as a junior partner, becoming sole proprietor in ...