Name: William Morris's Flowers
SKU: 51966213
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Author: Bain, Rowan
ISBN: 9780500480458

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rowan Bain

Publisher

Thames and Hudson

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

19.3x16.5x1.8 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9780500480458

Edition No.

Synopsis "William Morris's Flowers "

The leading figure of the Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris (1834-1896) is one of the best-known and most popular of all British designers. A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass production, he designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his spectacular carpet, fabric, and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the popular imagination and influence interior designers and the decorative arts. Around six hundred such designs are attributed to Morris, most of which are based on nature, including trees, plants, and flowers.This beautifully designed, accessibly priced gift book offers a wealth of designs by Morris where flowers are the principal motif. The text traces the origins of Morris's flower-based designs: his own gardens at the Red House in Kent; sixteenth- and seventeenth-century herbals; illuminated medieval manuscripts; late medieval and Renaissance tapestries; and the range of decorated objects, particularly from the Islamic world, that Morris studied at the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum.Authored by Rowan Bain, senior curator at the William Morris Gallery, and lavishly illustrated with over one hundred color illustrations, William Morris's Flowers will both inform and delight.