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William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, ... Although working within the Neo-Gothic school of design, ...
The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press in 1892 in his Golden Type inspired by the 15th-century printer Nicolas Jenson. This chapter from The Stones of Venice was a sort of manifesto for the Arts and Crafts movement.
The Kelmscott Press, founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, published 53 books in 66 volumes [1] between 1891 and 1898. Each book was designed and ornamented by Morris and printed by hand in limited editions of around 300.
Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Sidonia the Sorceress, William Meinhold; trans. Jane Wilde. Ballads and Narrative Poems, D. G. Rossetti. The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane; trans. Morris.
Side of Red House. Morris envisioned Red House as being not only a family home, but also a background to his ongoing artistic work. [19] He wanted it to be situated in a rural area that was not far from London, [20] and chose to search in Kent because it was his favourite county; he particularly enjoyed its geographical mix of large open spaces with small hills and rivers, favourably ...
William Morris died on October 3, 1896, but the Morris & Co. continued to design and produce textiles he had designed or planned, under the supervision of his chief assistant and Art Director John Henry Dearle. Dearle managed the company's textile works at Merton Abbey until his own death in 1932.
The Golden Type used in a printing of The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin. The Golden Type is a serif typeface designed by artist William Morris for his fine book printing project, the Kelmscott Press, in 1890. It is an "old-style" serif face, based on type designed by engraver and printer Nicolas Jenson in Venice around 1470.
In the 1850s, during the Victorian era prior to Morris, most English wallpaper was inspired by the geometric and historical designs of Augustus Welby Pugin, who had created the neo-Gothic interiors of Westminster Palace, and Owen Jones, notable for his abstract geometric patterns.