May Morris
Arts & Crafts Designer
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. May Morris (1862–1938) 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 jewelry. Morris was also an influential teacher and lectured in the United States and across the United Kingdom. May Morris, now in paperback, presents the full range of Morris’s work and reveals her exceptional skill and originality. It draws together her designs, exquisite embroideries, watercolors, costume, and jewelry from museums around the world,…
Anna Mason is a leading authority on the Arts and Crafts movement. She is a former curator and manager at the William Morris Gallery and has also worked for the National Trust at the Morris-designed Red House. She is the general editor of William Morris, also published by Thames & Hudson in association with the V&A.
Jan Marsh, the author of several books on the Pre-Raphaelites, is former president of the William Morris Society and a trustee of the Brangwyn Gift at the William Morris Gallery, London.
Jenny Lister is a curator of textiles and fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, specializing in the nineteenth century. She was a contributor to the highly acclaimed book May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer.
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May Morris
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