William Morris Full-Color Patterns and Designs

William Morris Full-Color Patterns and DesignsDefining beauty in art as the result of man's pleasure in his work, the noted English poet, designer, craftsman and pioneer Socialist William Morris (18341896) spent most of his life enthusiastically expounding this view through his many attractive designs for interior furnishings. The present book faithfully reproduces 40 of the most celebrated examples of Morris's work, reprinting in full color all the color plates from The Art of William Morris,

" Embracing a variety of styles — from pioneer cabins to French Provincial and Neoclassic revivals — the houses described here recall a bygone era of gracious living and aristocratic privilege

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