May Morris
Subtitle: arts & crafts designer
By: Anna Mason [and 4 others] ; with contributions by Alice McEwan and Catherine White ; foreword by Lynn Hulse
Contributors: Mason, Anna (Art historian), author, curator; McEwan, Alice, contributor; White, Catherine, contributor; Hulse, Lynn, writer of foreword; William Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift (London, England); Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: Thames & Hudson; Victoria and Albert Museum
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780500480212
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Arts and crafts movement; Exhibitions
Description: May Morris, youngest daughter of influential designer William Morris, was one of the leading female contributors to the Arts and Crafts Movement. She ran the embroidery department of her father's famous firm Morris & Co., and had a successful freelance career as a designer, maker, and exhibitor, founding the Women's Guild of Arts in 1907 and undertaking a lecture tour in the United States between 1909 and 1910. May's approach to embroidery was innovative and widely influential in the UK and abroad, yet her important contribution to embroidery is often overshadowed by the accomplishments of her more famous father. Includes exquisite images including close-up photographs of her embroideries. Interspersed within the chronological arrangement of objects are feature spreads highlighting particular aspects of May Morris's work.
Notes: "Published in association with the exhibition, 'May Morris: Art and Life', William Morris Gallery, London, 7 October 2017-28 January 2018"--Title page verso.

Lead curator for the exhibition: Anna Mason.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: A well-crafted life / Jan Marsh; title: Sketches and watercolours / Rowan Bain; title: Wallpapers and embroidery / Rowan Bain, Jenny Lister, Anna Mason; title: Book covers and designs / Anna Mason; title: Dress and costume / Jenny Lister; title: Jewellery and metalwork / Hanne Faurby.