Morris

<strong>William Morris (1834-1896) </strong>was one of the greatest creative figures of the 19th century. As a visionary designer, as well as a manufacturer, writer, artist, and socialist activist, he <strong>pioneered the Arts and Crafts movement of the Victorian era,</strong> and left an extraordinary influence on architecture, textile, and interior design.

This richly illustrated book offers a<strong> suitably beautiful introduction to Morris's colorful life and all aspects of his design work</strong>, including <strong>interiors, tiles, embroidery, tapestries, carpets, and calligraphy</strong>. Though best known in his lifetime as a poet and author, it is <strong>these e</strong><strong>xquisite designs </strong>that secured Morris's posthumous reputation. As page after page dazzles with<strong> their beautiful patterns and forms</strong>, we explore the pioneering craftsmanship and natural motifs that inspired them, as well as Morris's remarkable cultural legacy, through British textiles, Bauhaus, and even modern environmentalism.