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The British artist's designs appear on mugs, plates, shoes and more. A new exhibition explores how his signature style became ...
It's a tale as old as time. Back in the 1950s, women didn't have the same rights to work, earn, and make important business ...
Rifling through the storeroom drawers at the William Morris Gallery in London, the institution’s director Hadrian Garrard pulls out a poster depicting a dachshund surrounded by a jumble of ...
The designer, artist, author and all-round polymath William Morris (1834-1896) championed the democratisation of good taste, said Nancy Durrant in The Times. An "ardent socialist", he famously ...
This is a design by the British artist and designer May Morris. May was born in 1862 and died in 1938. Her father, William Morris (1834 - 1896), was a famous artist and poet, and May is often ...
Poet, social reformer, writer, publisher, and above all artist and designer. There is little William Morris couldn’t or didn’t do, so much so that, in 1896, as he lay dying at the age of 62, a doctor ...
Most people have heard of William Morris, one of the leaders of the 19th century Arts and Crafts movement. His abstract, nature-inspired designs still adorn everything from wallpaper to notebooks ...
The Woodpecker tapestry was designed entirely by William Morris and depicts a bird and a woodpecker sitting in a tree garlanded with flowers and swirling leaves. The subject is taken from the ...
Nearly 130 years after his death, the British artist William Morris’ designs are everywhere, from wallpapers and dinnerware to phone cases and hand cream. The ubiquity of Morris’ intricate ...