May Morris : arts & crafts designer
2022
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May Morris, youngest daughter of influential designer William Morris, was one of the leading female contributors to the Arts and Crafts Movement. She ran the embroidery department of her father's famous firm Morris & Co., and had a successful freelance career as a designer, maker, and exhibitor, founding the Woman's Guild of Arts in 1907 and undertaking a lecture tour in the United States between 1909 and 1910. May's approach to embroidery was innovative and widely influential in the UK and abroad, yet her important contribution to embroidery is often overshadowed by the accomplishments of her more famous father. This book is an attractive introduction to May's work, with exquisite images including close-up photographs of her embroideries.
Main title:
May Morris : arts & crafts designer / Anna Mason, Jan Marsh, Jenny Lister, Rowan Bain and Hanne Faurby ; with contributions by Alice McEwan and Catherine White ; foreword by Lynn Hulse.
Author:
Mason, Anna (Art historian), authorMarsh, Jan, 1942-, authorLister, Jenny (Museum curator), authorBain, Rowan, authorFaurby, Hanne, authorWilliam Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift (London, England), host institutionVictoria and Albert Museum, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2022.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum.Published in association with the exhibition of the same name held at William Morris Gallery, London, 7th October 2017-28th January 2018.Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500480816 (pbk)
Dewey class:
709.2
LC class:
NK1142
Language:
English
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BRN:
3151191
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