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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).
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May Morris died at Kelmscott Manor on 17 October 1938. Embroidery Embroidered Altar frontal, executed by May Morris from a design by Philip Webb. May Morris was an influential embroideress and designer, although her contributions are often overshadowed by those of her father, a towering figure in the Arts and Crafts movement.
- Arts and Crafts movement, British Socialism
- Jenny Morris (sister)
Dec 7, 2021 · Lotus, design by 1888, made 1888. Design attributed to May Morris, produced by Morris & Co., London, embroidered by the Decorative Arts Society, Chicago. Gift of Mrs. John J. Glessner. During her stay in Chicago, May was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune and questioned on her opinions on American art, architecture, and women’s suffrage.
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 ...
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.
Aug 25, 2017 · Jane Morris managed to buy their idyllic rented home, Kelmscott Manor in the Cotswolds, before her own death in 1914. May Morris – who was briefly married and had a relationship with George ...
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 ...
Nov 10, 2017 · A new exhibition at the gallery, May Morris: Art and Life, seeks to redress the imbalance, establishing May as one of the leading designers of the early 20th-century Arts and Crafts movement. More ...
