Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> William Morris Textiles is the only comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original colourful textiles William Morris and the two commercial companies he founded produced between 1861 and 1940. Through careful design and marketing these furnishings became a vital part of the British Arts and Crafts home and went on to have significant international influence. Painstakingly researched over three decades by Linda Parry the outstanding authority in the field this book includes hundreds of full-colour images of Morris & Co. embroideries printed and woven textiles carpets and tapestries. Photographs of nineteenth-century Morris interiors show several of the objects in situ. The book also includes a complete chronological catalogue of all known repeating designs for woven and printed textiles. (MP)