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1. www.artic.edu › articles › 953May Morris: Designer and Advocate | The Art Institute of Chicago

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   Dec 7, 2021 · Among the many Morris & Co. textiles and wallpapers used in the Glessner House were the silk parlor door curtains in a pattern called Lotus, a design attributed to May. Like many embroideries from the firm, the fabric was likely sold with the pattern marked on the silk and then stitched in Chicago, under the direction of Frances Glessner by the ...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › May_MorrisMay Morris - Wikipedia

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   Jane Morris. Relatives. Jenny Morris (sister) Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model, Jane Morris (née Burden).

3. www.royalacademy.org.uk › article › may-morris-artFeminist, socialist, embroiderer: the untold story of May Morris

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   Sep 19, 2017 · Born in 1862, just when her father launched the business that would become Morris & Co, with its trademarked fabrics, wallpapers and stained glass, May followed her mother Jane, the renowned Pre-Raphaelite model, into the fine craft of embroidery. This period saw a reaction against the machine age, with a revalorisation of traditionally hand ...

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4. artherstory.net › the-rich-and-complex-characterMay Morris | Designer, Embroiderer, Jeweller and Writer

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   Mar 25, 2023 · William Morris Gallery, P644. On this day, one hundred years ago in 1923, the Arts and Crafts luminary May Morris (1862–1938; Figure 1) turned sixty-one years of age. The year marked a turning point in her long and creative life. She left her rented riverside townhouse in Hammersmith, London, and moved permanently to Kelmscott Manor.

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5. www.artic.edu › artists › 65385May Morris | The Art Institute of Chicago

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   See all 4 artworks ›. Lotus, Design by 1888, made 1888. May Morris. Border for a Table Cover or Valance, Design 1890s. May Morris. Vine Leaf, Design 1896. May Morris. Honeysuckle Fire Screen, Design early to mid-1890s. May Morris.

6. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionDesign and embroidery possibly by May Morris | "Lotus ...

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   His daughter Mary, known as May, proved to be a skilled designer of embroidery and a skilled needleworker, and ran the Morris & Co. embroidery department from 1885 to 1896. While designs for this embroidered bedcover and the related valance have not been located, the attribution to May Morris is based in its similarity to several of her known ...

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   Did May Morris make Lotus curtains?

   • May Morris’s Lotus design can be glimpsed in partial profile on the frame of the open parlor door at left. Among the many Morris & Co. textiles and wallpapers used in the Glessner House were the silk parlor door curtains in a pattern called Lotus, a design attributed to May.

   May Morris: Designer and Advocate | The Art Institute of Chicago

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   Who was May Morris?

   • Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model, Jane Morris (née Burden). May Morris, 1872, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

   May Morris - Wikipedia

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   Where did May Morris live 100 years ago?

   • William Morris Gallery, P644. On this day, one hundred years ago in 1923, the Arts and Crafts luminary May Morris (1862–1938; Figure 1) turned sixty-one years of age. The year marked a turning point in her long and creative life. She left her rented riverside townhouse in Hammersmith, London, and moved permanently to Kelmscott Manor.

   May Morris | Designer, Embroiderer, Jeweller and Writer - Art Herstory

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   What influenced May Morris embroidery design?

   • Her designs followed the Arts and Crafts aesthetic, using stylised natural forms, flowing lines and influences from medieval art, and they used directional stitches to add texture and give an impression of movement. This was embroidery as art, elevated from its normal domestic context. Embroidery design by May Morris, ca. 1885.

   Unsung Artists : May Morris (1862-1938) • V&A Blog

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8. www.vam.ac.uk › blog › caring-for-our-collectionsUnsung Artists : May Morris (1862-1938) • V&A Blog

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   Apr 24, 2015 · Unsung Artists : May Morris (1862-1938) Sarah Beattie. April 24, 2015. One of the best things about working on the Factory project is the range of different artists and designers that we come across while cataloguing. The V&A’s collection of works on paper is huge (741,000 objects and counting!) and amongst the famous names like Constable and ...