Showing posts with label May Morris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May Morris. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

May Morris ?



his was recently discovered in an album of May Morris photographs. Is it her or her friends. Tell me what you think ? on the comments.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

May Morris


by Emyrs Walker
from the George Bernard Shaw archive at the LSE

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Friday, March 18, 2011

Albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s



http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw125592/Mary-May-Morris?search=ss&firstRun=true&sText=may+morris&LinkID=mp03188&role=sit&rNo=3

May morris altar frontal




An Embroidered Altar Frontal, executed by Miss May Morris, designed by Mr. Philip Webb. The work is carried out with floss silk in bright colours and gold thread, both background and pattern being embroidered. The five crosses, that are placed at regular intervals between the vine leaves, are couched in gold passing upon a silvery silk ground.

Design for Embroidery, May Morris, about 1885.


V&A

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Monday, December 6, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010

May Morris - Jewellery



Girdle, pins and pendant, 1906
silver and semi-precious stones

May Morris - Christening Mittens




1910
By this date May Morris had left Morris & Co. and was teaching at the Central School of Arts and Crafts whose Principal was William Lethaby.

Monday, July 12, 2010

May Morris - Tablecloth


1895
May Morris ran the embroidery section of Morris and Co., and gathered together a group of very accomplished craftswomen.