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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).
- Arts and Crafts movement, British Socialism
- Jenny Morris (sister)
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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Dec 24, 2021 · The sprawling factories and increasing rural poverty spurred May Morris’s father, William Morris (1834–1896), and others to believe that medieval Britain offered a better model. Morris and his friends dreamed of a return to a time when independent craft workers designed the things they made by hand and families had homes with space to grow ...
Mar 25, 2023 · 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.
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 when ...
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.
Mar 5, 2021 · A live, interactive talk A Remarkable Woman: The Arts and Crafts Embroidery Designs of May Morris presented by Helen Elletson takes place online on Thursday March 25 2021 at 3pm. The talk is part of a programme of monthly events via Zoom organised by Emery Walker’s House Trust. Prebook via Emerywalker.org.uk Entry is by donation.
