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William Morris by himself : designs and writings /

By:

Morris, William, 1834-1896 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Naylor, Gillian [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1988]Publisher: New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., [2001]Copyright date: ©1988Description: 328 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0821217100
9780821217108

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Illustrated works.

DDC classification:

709.2 20

LOC classification:

NK1535.M67 M67 1988

Summary: From Jacket - " William Morris is the most influential British designer of the lat 100 years and this collection combines Morris's writings with his famous designs for wallpapers, fabrics, tapestries, embroideries, carpets, books and stained glass. Through this own work and in his own words, the book traces the progress of William Morris, pre-Raphaelite poet and architectural student, into designer, writer and pioneer socialist. His youthful enthusiasm for Middle Ages and Gothic Cathedrals fired him with the conviction that he must dedicate hs life to 'Art'. Later letters written to friends explain how, in the industrialized nineteenth century, Morris became preoccupied wit the loss of traditional skills and pride in work and how, in an attempt to revitalize the dying arts and demonstrate the joys of labor , he set up his own workshop for the production of textiles. -- "

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NK1535.M67 M67 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001319

"A New York Graphic Society Book".

Signed on lining pg "Douglas Richardson" and "David Marvish Books, Toronto ( _____ -> 39.99" 2006

Includes bibliographical references (page 328).

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