William
Morris (1834-1896)
"...Having
done more work that most ten men..."
a
designer and manufacturer of furniture, stained glass, tapestries, wallpaper
and chintzes;an accomplished weaver; a pioneering preservationist; an
active Socialist and social reformer; a successful poet and novelist;
and in his last years, the founder of the Kelmscott Press.
The logoof Kelmscott Press.
Willam
Morris
Colophon at the end of The Nature of Gothic By John Ruskin Printed
by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press London.
Medieval
Gothic arts and botanical forms were his main inspirations
Medieval manuscript strongly influenced his books design.
1892
William
Morris created more then five hundred pattern designs for wall-papers,
textiles, carpets, and tapestries.
This
esample is called Brother Rabbit Chintz
William
Morris
The Kelmscott Chaucer
1896
Walter
Crane
Illustration from Spenser's Faerie Queen.
Walter Crane is remembered as one of the most important children's book
illustrators. He often collaborated with Morris.
1894
Rudolf Koch
Specimen of Neuland
1922/23
A.H.Mackmurdo
The celebrated title page to Wren's City Churches
1883