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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).
Dec 7, 2021 · Learn about May Morris, the daughter of William Morris and a prominent embroidery designer and activist. Explore her life, work, and legacy, and see how her embroideries are featured in the Glessner House in Chicago.
Sep 19, 2017 · Learn about the life and work of May Morris, a pioneering embroiderer and designer in the Arts & Crafts movement. Discover her achievements, challenges and legacy in a new exhibition and book at William Morris Gallery.
Mar 25, 2023 · Learn about the life and work of May Morris, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement and a celebrated embroiderer. Discover her relationships, travels, and legacy in this guest post by Thomas Cooper, University of Cambridge.
Learn about the rare and beautiful embroideries by May Morris, the daughter of William Morris, for Melsetter House in Orkney. Discover the design, the story and the conservation of these Arts and Crafts textiles.
Dec 24, 2021 · During her 1909–1910 tour of the United States, May’s lecture, “Medieval Embroidery,” corrected the myth of embroiderers as high-born ladies of leisure to the reality of professional men and women working in embroidery guilds that safeguarded the value of their skills.
Mary ‘May’ Morris was an important figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement as an embroidery and jewellery designer and maker. Born in 1862, she was the younger daughter of William Morris, and her accomplishments have tended to be obscured by her father’s fame, and her devotion to him and his memory.
