[1][2] Her designs were very popular and extensively copied in many 1950s homes, as well as in cabins aboard the RMS Queen Mary and at Heathrow Airport.

Mary White enjoyed a reputation in the 1950s as one of the leading mid-century fabric, textile and pattern designers of the era.

To create her designs White drew on the work of William Morris, images of flowers and of the countryside where she grew up and lived throughout her life.

[citation needed] In turn her work has influenced leading fashion designers such as Mary Quant, Laura Ashley and Sir Terence Conran.

[3] White created hundreds of designs in her career, some of her most famous creations are Coppice, Cottage Garden and Zinnia which were best sellers in outlets such as Liberty and Heals.