Morris & Co.
The World of William Morris
14 March - 29 June 2008
Touring Exhibition Galleries A, C & Borg Henry Gallery
Evenlode curtain
c.1925, designed 1883, London
Indigo discharge & colour wood block print on cotton
248.0 x 70.0 cm (display)
248.0 x 89.0 cm
Gift of William & Lili Manos 1991
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
In March, Christchurch Art Gallery will exhibit the largest collection of the world-famous Morris & Co. furnishings ever seen in the country.
William Morris was one of the greatest pattern designers of all time, and the most influential British interior designer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Morris’s designs were inspired by the Gothic period and medieval art, and came to be regarded as ‘true English style’.
Morris & Co. – also the name of William Morris’s London firm – will feature more than 100 pieces, including furniture, carpets, tapestries, wallpapers, embroideries and tiles.
Morris & Co. is an Art Gallery of South Australia Travelling Exhibition.
Homepage image: Morris & Company, London, Britain, 1861-1940. Edward Burne-Jones, designer, Britain, 1833-1898. J. H. Dearle, designer of floral ground, Britain, 1860-1932. The Adoration of the Magi 1900-02, designed 1887, London. Wool, silk. Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1917, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
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