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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 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.
Mar 25, 2023 · Morris’s Relationships. By 1923, Morris had married and divorced Henry Halliday Sparling and reconciled her unrequited romantic affections for George Bernard Shaw and John Quinn (Figure 7). Figure 7: From left to right, Morris, Henry Halliday Sparling, Emery Walker, and George Bernard Shaw rehearsing for a Socialist League entertainment, c ...
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 ...
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...
Apr 24, 2015 · In this post I want to celebrate the life and work of May Morris, an artist with a well-known name, but who is often overshadowed by her more famous father. Photograph of May Morris by Frederick Hollyer, ca. 1890. Museum no. 7821-1938. © Victoria & Albert Museum.
Dec 7, 2021 · Immersed in the world of British design practically from birth, May Morris not only grew to run the embroidery studio of her family’s famous business but also pursued her own endeavors: as a designer, teacher, lecturer, and activist. The family business was the home furnishings empire Morris & Co., founded by her father, William Morris (1834 ...
