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William Morris (1834-1896) was born in
Walthamstow, Essex, England. In 1853 he went to Oxford University,
and during the next few years he would meet many of the men
who would prove to be the most influential in his life. They
included the architect Philip Webb, designer of Red House,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who was the leading figure in the
newly formed Pre-Raphaelite Movement and later the lover of
Morris' wife Jane, and the artist Edward Burne-Jones who would
remain a life-long friend.
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William Morris counted cross stitch designs:
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In 1861 he founded Morris and Co., commissioning
many of his friends to design furniture, ceramics and stained
glass. He personally produced over 150 designs for the company,
mostly textiles and wallpaper. Morris did not, however, confine
himself to the decorative arts, being a vigorous political
activist for socialist policies, a poet, and founder of the
Kelmscott Press which most notably produced a magnificent
edition of Chaucer.
We offer a range of over a dozen counted
cross stitch designs based on the work on William Morris,
all available as kits and pattern packs.
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