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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).
- Arts and Crafts movement, British Socialism
- Jenny Morris (sister)
Sep 29, 2017 · The younger of William Morris’s two daughters by his beautiful pre-Raphaelite model wife Jane, May was no one’s idea of a shrinking violet. A recently discovered diary from 1870, written...
Sep 19, 2017 · May Morris? Wasn’t she related to William Morris, the famous English textile designer, writer and socialist? Wife – or daughter? – who edited his poems and copied his designs? If that is all you know about May Morris, you are not alone.
Dec 7, 2021 · George Grantham Bain Collection. May was inducted into the world of art and design early. As a child, she, her mother, and her older sister, Jenny, were surrounded by her father’s artistic circle of friends and collaborators, including Burne-Jones, Rossetti, and their families.
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 ...
Jul 22, 2023 · May Morris, 1909. May left Morris & Co. after her father’s death in 1896. By this time, she was established as an artist in her own right and set up an embroidery workshop. She began to teach design and embroidery at various schools, including Birmingham’s School of Art, which held a special status within the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Aug 25, 2017 · T he eight-year-old May Morris was not easily impressed. She might be staying in a proper medieval castle with battlements and turrets, one of two owned by the grandest friend of her father ...
