William Morris Designs

From the Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (Card Books)

by William Morris

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Published October 1, 1989 by Dover Publications .
Written in

Subjects:

• History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600,
• Stationery items,
• General,
• History - General,
• Art / Fine Arts,
• Crafts / Hobbies

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Edition Notes

Contributions	Linda Perry (Editor)
The Physical Object
Format	Paperback
Number of Pages	6
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL7636323M
ISBN 10	0486261050
ISBN 10	9780486261058
OCLC/WorldCa	22150643

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The William Morris Society founded in is devoted to his legacy, while multiple biographies and studies of his work have been published. Many of the buildings associated with his life are open to visitors, much of his work can be found in art galleries and Children: Jenny Morris, May Morris. These superb patterns, created by one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement, were originally designed for a wide number of uses. The vast majority of them—decorative letters, elaborate floral borders and frames, samples of body type, and delicate woodcut illustrations—first appeared in Morris's Kelmscott faburrito.com: Dover Publications.

William Morris Late nineteenth century English architect, designer and typographer, leader of that revival of medieval form, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and — like Eric Gill — a socialist-craftsman. Jul 27,  · Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Accessorise with this divine collection of William Morris cushions in a range of archive patterns and Pure Morris designs. With a choice of rich velvets and tactile embroideries across a variety of useable sizes, each comes complete with a feather pad. Browse the Morris & Co Cushion Collection.

A William Morris design for a parlor, or living room was illustrated and described in detail by Godey's Lady's Book in William Morris led the Arts and Crafts movement of the late nineteenth century. William Morris designed some exquisite patterns of wallpaper, fabrics, and furniture. Many William Morris designs are still reproduced today. Aug 25,  · William Morris died in at the family home in Hammersmith. Jane Morris managed to buy their idyllic rented home, Kelmscott Manor in the Cotswolds, before her own death in May Morris. Book Design and Typography. Morris and the Kelmscott Press; Morris and the book; Laudes Beatae Mariae Virginis, ; A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press; The Story of the Glittering Plain, ; How our cristen men chosen a very patriarke in Iherusalem, ; The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer,