Counted Cross Stitch Chart Peacock by Arts and Crafts Movement Founder William Morris
This chart is of a peacock with vivid blue acanthus vines and leaves in the background. It was inspired by part of a William Morris textile. This design was created from the works of the artist William Morris. William Morris 1834 -?1896 was an English textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, Australian and American design movement that flourished between 1880 and 1910. It was instigated by the artist and writer William Morris in the 1860s and was inspired by the writings of John Ruskin. It influenced architecture, domestic design and the decorative arts, using simple forms and a medieval style of decoration. It advocated truth to materials, traditional craftsmanship and economic reform.