Forty of Victorian master's most famous designs for wallpapers, chintzes, velveteens, tapestries, tiles, carpets and more. Reproduced from original color plates of "The Art of William Morris.
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J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, said that his writing was inspired and influenced by the books of William Morris. This book contains two of Morris's best loved books: The House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the Mountains.[...]
Ten handsome renderings by A.G. Smith based on William Morris' splendid stained glass designs, the other six are adaptations of Morris' wallpaper and textile designs.[...]
Produced in a pocket-sized, jacketed-paperback format, Phaidon's miniature editions make ideal gifts and desirable possessions. Each book features a wealth of finely reproduced colour images.[...]
A Galison pocket planner is handy at the desk, on the go, or even in your laptop bag. Our William Morris Morning Garden planner was created in cooperation with London's Victoria and Albert Museum, which has a comprehensive assortment of William Morris Art and Crafts designs among its collections. Th[...]
Blackthorn, on the lined notebook of the set, was designed by John Henry Dearle and printed by Jeffrey & Co. as a wallpaper sample for Morris & Co. in 1892. Dearle also designed the Golden Lily wallpaper pattern, 1880-1917, used for the continental grid style journal, and Seaweed, from the 1890s, us[...]
The cards are beautiful: six cards feature violets, lilies, and other flowers against the dark background of the Blackthorn pattern, designed by John Henry Dearle and printed by Jeffrey & Co. as a wallpaper sample for Morris & Co. in 1892. Dearle also designed the pattern for the other six cards: th[...]
Galison's William Morris Morning Garden Everyday Journal was created in cooperation with London's Victoria and Albert Museum, which has a comprehensive assortment of William Morris Art and Crafts designs among its collections. This lovely blank book reproduces details from John Henry Dearle's Golden[...]
Galison's William Morris recipe organizer is an attractive way to organize and preserve favorite recipes for your own family or to pass them along to a new generation of cooks. We worked with London's Victoria and Albert Museum create this recipe organizer using color prints from William Morris wood[...]
J. R. R. Tolkien said that his writing was inspired by William Morris. This book includes two of William Morris' most popular tales in one inexpensive, wide-format, two-column edition.[...]
'The only English utopia since More's that deserves to be remembered as literature.' News from Nowhere (1890) is the best-known prose work of William Morris. The novel describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a decentralized and humane socialist futu[...]
One of the first examples of modern fantasy literature, this novel takes place in a vividly imagined archaic world. A groundbreaking fantasy novel, "The Wood Beyond the World" tells the story of a young man, Golden Walter, who finds himself in a strange and frightening world after being abandoned by[...]
The book that inspired the Academy Award-winning short film, from "New York Times "bestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce."Morris Lessmore loved words.He loved stories.He loved books.But every story has its upsets. "Everything in Morris Lessmore's life, including his own story, is sc[...]
Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834 96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of [...]
Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to beautiful surroundings - no matter what their class. Throughout history, some books have changed the worl[...]
An accessible and exciting approach to William Morris, a true art and design hero. The beautifully designed book will look at William Morris as an artist and culture shaper and include his most famous work.[...]
With this beautifully illustrated board book, learn your first words with William Morris and his lovely designs. Starting with a for apple and ending with z for zebra, this is the perfect introduction to first words for very young children.[...]
With this beautifully illustrated board book, learn your numbers with William Morris and his lovely designs. Starting with one tree and ending with 10 butterflies, this is the perfect introduction to counting for very young children.[...]
This book takes a fresh and wide-ranging look at the origins of the architectural conservation movement in the United Kingdom. Distinguished contributors consider how the modern concept of heritage emerged in the nineteenth century, how politics as well as art and design played a role in the creatio[...]
The friendship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones began when they met as undergraduates in 1853 and-despite their differences in temperament and in attitudes to political engagement-lasted until Morris's death in 1896. This friendship was one of the defining features of both their lives, [...]