Artist, poet, writer, campaigner, designer, book printer and hugely important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement, Morris is best known today for his beautiful wallpaper and textile designs. With sections on life, society, places, influences and techniques, this book enables the reader to consider Morris from different angles and contexts.
Forty of the Victorian master's most famous designs for wallpapers, chintzes, velveteens, tapestries, tiles, carpets, and more. Reproduced from original color plates of The Art of William Morris.
The author, Fiona MacCarthy, is the curator of the National Portrait Gallery's 2014-15 exhibition Anarchy and Beauty: William Morris and His Legacy .
Forty of Victorian master's most famous designs for wallpapers, chintzes, velveteens, tapestries, tiles, carpets, and more. Reproduced from original color plates of The Art of William Morris.
The Arts and Crafts Movement lends itself perfectly to colouring; pay homage to one of the greatest artists of all time in this stunning book, packed full of patterns and designs from the influential movement of the 1880s and beyond.
An accessible and exciting approach to William Morris, a true art and design hero. The beautifully designed book will look at William Morris as an artist and culture shaper and include his most famous works.
All three wallpaper samples are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
A miniature edition of William Morris designs.
This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834.
33 M. Hall, George Frederick Bodley and the Later Gothic Revival in Britain and America (London and New Haven, Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre, 2014), 63–65, 73–75. 34 C. Miele, 'Morris and Conservation', ...
It remains unsurpassed as the definitive work on this remarkable figure, by the major British historian of the 20th century.