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https://morrissociety.org/ Established in 1971, the William Morris Society in the United States strives to publicize the life and work of William Morris and his associates.
Reminder: Submissions for the WMS-US 2026 CAA panel are due tomorrow!
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Born #OTD 1833: Edward Burne-Jones, who designed the celebrated stained-glass windows in our Chapel, which were made by the William Morris factory. Read more 👇 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/design-and-h...
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The artist Edward Burne-Jones was born #OTD 28 August 1833 in Birmingham. He produced stained glass designs for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, later Morris & Co. The Company of Angels in the City of God, from Hebrews 12:22, in Jesus College chapel, Cambridge, 1860s. 1/3
28.08.2025 08:06 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2There is one week left to submit paper proposals for the William Morris Society US's 2026 CAA panel, “The Materiality of Text in Nineteenth-Century Art.”
More information:
morrissociety.org/2025/07/15/c...
A panel of cream-colored cotton with an outlined design of intertwining stems, leaves, and anemone flowers drawn on. A small portion of the design has been stitched in silk threads: a blue-green stem, one large yellow-green serrated leaf, a few smaller leaves in various shades of green, two small orange buds, and two mid-sized anemone blooms in shaded pink. A small portion of the background is also stitched, in white.
Happy #WorldEmbroideryDay!
This panel, held at the V&A, is a great example of how Morris & Co. sold much of its embroidery: not as finished pieces, but as kits.
The piece would be started by a Morris & Co. worker, demonstrating the recommended techniques, then sold with all necessary supplies.
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Today! Digital lecture, “From Seams to Stripes: Textiles and Abstraction,” by Cora Chalaby.
1:30-2:30pm EST (6:30-7:30pm BST, 10:30-11:30am PST)
morrissociety.org/2025/03/26/s...
Reminder - submissions for the WMS-US CAA session are due today, April 15!
15.04.2025 19:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Object links:
Tulip (upside down!): collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O225469...
Larkspur: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O250893...
Marigold: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103651...
Section of "Tulip" printed cotton, a blue-and-white pattern of serrated leaves and highly stylized parrot-style (feathered) tulips. The background is a very small pattern of ochre-yellow leaves on white.
Sample of "Larkspur" wallpaper, a light blue-on-white pattern of very large compound leaves with smaller infill of larkspur and other stylized blooms.
A sample of "Marigold" wallpaper, a blue-on-blue pattern of two large meanders of feathery leaves and large 7-petaled flowers with an infil of smaller leaves and flowers.
Registered with the Patent Office #OTD, April 15, 1875 (exactly 150 years ago!): William Morris's Tulip, Larkspur, and Marigold.
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The William Morris Society US is accepting session proposals for #CAA2026.
We welcome any topic related to ideas and art forms associated with William Morris, across periods, regions, and media. Deadline April 15.
Read the full call for proposals on our website: morrissociety.org/2025/03/26/c...
The William Morris Society US is now accepting applications for the 2025 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship, supporting scholarly and creative work about William Morris and his circle.
Deadline: January 31, 2025.
More information: morrissociety.org/2024/12/17/c...
Images shared above:
Frederick Hollyer, "William Morris", 1884.
William Morris, "Jasmine," 1872. Block-printed wallpaper (distemper color on paper).
Black and white 1884 photograph of William Morris, an older man with a graying beard resting his head on his right fist and looking pensively into the camera.
William Morris's 'Jasmine' wallpaper. Dense pattern of jasmine and hawthorn blooms and foliage, in blueish and yellowish shades of green.
Hello Bluesky! We're the William Morris Society in the United States, a group of scholars and enthusiasts brought together by our shared interest in the life and works of the nineteenth-century writer, designer, and political thinker William Morris, his family, and his circle.
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