Counted Cross Stitch Kits and Patterns
William Morris
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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. |
| 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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