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18 de mar. de 2019 · Along with being a surface designer, May was an established embroiderer and jewelry designer. She learned to embroider from her mother and her aunt, was in charge of the embroidery department at Morris & Co., and taught embroidery at a London school. She designed and made jewelry, some of which is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
The exhibition and both publications seek to establish May Morris’s place as one of the ‘most important designer craftswomen’, continuing the work of feminist art history, begun in the 1970s, of historical recovery of women excluded from the history of art, craft and design, and extending what was, and still is, a male-dominated history.
May Morris, Fotografie (1887) von Frederick Hollyer. May Morris (geboren als Mary Morris, * 25.März 1862 in Bexley, London; † 17. Oktober 1938 in Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire) war eine britische Unternehmerin und Produktdesignerin für Bunt- und Weißstickerei und frühe britische Sozialistin
May Morris learned textile design from her father, William Morris (1834-1896), and embroidery from her mother, Jane Burden Morris (1839-1914). An astute businesswoman, author and lecturer, May was so accomplished as a designer and embroiderer that she became Morris & Co.’s director of textile production at age twenty-three.
27 de jul. de 2022 · Mary Morris, soon known as May, was born in the Red House in Bexleyheath on 25th March 1862. Her sister, Jenny, was just 15 months older than her and growing up the two girls were close to one another as well as developing good friendships with the children of Georgiana and Edward Burne-Jones. May was later one of the women depicted in Edward ...
May 19, 2022 – October 2, 2022. In celebration of May Morris’s 160 th birthday the William Morris Society is holding an exhibition highlighting May’s diverse artistic career and tremendous efforts in establishing the Women’s Guild of Arts. The exhibition will feature the span of May’s work focusing on her designs for embroidery ...
14 de abr. de 2023 · May Morris encarnaba el ideal ruskiniano, adoptado por el movimiento Arts & Crafts, al aunar como artesana el diseño y la ejecución, la mente y las manos. El estudio profundo de las técnicas de bordado medieval inglés le sirvió como inspiración para desarrollar un diseño muy cuidado al que se sumaba una destreza técnica sobresaliente.
