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May Morris
Arts & Crafts Designer
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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of arts and culture, historians of design, embroidery aficionados, and readers interested in the Arts and Crafts movement and women's contributions to art and craft history.
The first fully illustrated and comprehensive introduction to May Morris's work as an artist, designer, and embroiderer, published in association with the V&A and the William Morris Gallery, London. Now available in paperback.
The first fully illustrated and comprehensive introduction to May Morris's work as an artist, designer and embroiderer, published in association with the V&A
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The first fully illustrated and comprehensive introduction to May Morris's work as an artist, designer and embroiderer, published in association with the V&A.
May Morris (1862-1938), the younger daughter of William Morris, was a significant figure in the British Arts and Crafts movement and a pioneer of 'art embroidery'. She ran the embroidery department of Morris & Co., as well as designing textiles, wallpapers and jewellery. May was also an influential teacher and lectured in the UK and America.
May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer is the first publication to present the full range of May Morris's work and reveals her exceptional skill and originality. It draws together her designs, exquisite embroideries, watercolours, costume and jewellery from museums around the world, and in particular, the rich collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the William Morris Gallery, London. The book contains more than 180 items in colour and detailed information on their materials and provenance compiled by leading experts. There are also new insights into May's personal life and relationships, her social activism and her support for other craftswomen.
This authoritative and illuminating study places May Morris, whose reputation has been overshadowed by that of her father, firmly among the leading British designer-makers of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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Lavishly illustrated, as praised by The Spectator, this study presents fresh insights into May Morris’s artistry and legacy, highlighting her as a leading designer-maker in the Arts and Crafts movement beyond the shadow of her father.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780500480816
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 July 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustration: 210 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Contributions by Alice McEwan
- Contributions by Catherine White
- Foreword by Lynn Hulse
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 205.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 1020g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Anna Mason is a former curator and manager of the William Morris Gallery, London, winner of the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2013. She has also worked for the National Trust at Red House, and organized many exhibitions on Morris and his legacy. Jan Marsh is the author of Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, Jane and May Morris and biographies of Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She has also curated exhibitions on 19th-century art and artists, including 'Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900', held at Manchester City Art Gallery and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2005. She is former president of the William Morris Society and a Trustee of the Brangwyn Gift at the William Morris Gallery. Jenny Lister is a curator of textiles and fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum, specializing in the nineteenth century. Her publications include The V&A Gallery of Fashion and London Society Fashion 1905-1925: The Wardrobe of Heather Firbank. Rowan Bain is curator at the William Morris Gallery and was formerly assistant curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is the author of several books and a contributor to May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer. Hanne Faurby is assistant curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum specializing in nineteenth-century design. Her research encompasses textiles, fashion, jewellery and embellishment with particular interest in social-reform influences on the creative industry.
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