William Morris
and the Arts & Crafts Home
Pamela Todd
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| ‘Not only is it packed with intelligently researched information but there are more than 200 exquisite illustrations to inspire too’ | | – Grand Designs |
| ‘The definitive source book for anyone interested in Arts & Crafts style’ | | – Period Living & Traditional Homes |
‘There is no excuse’, William Morris wrote, ‘for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.’
In the history of the decorative arts there has never been another designer who has achieved such lasting impact. While lamenting the excesses of mass-production, he set up the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company. Soon it was producing a range of goods, from hand-woven tapestries, carpets and printed textiles to stained glass, metalwork and furniture. What the company offered was quite simply a way of life.
In 'William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Home', Pamela Todd celebrates Morris’s genius for decoration and design and shows how he envisaged and implemented schemes for interiors in his own homes and those of others, passionately believing that beautiful surroundings promoted creativity and happiness.
To demonstrate how the style can be applied to our living spaces today a series of ‘Case Studies’ explores six contemporary homes – from a modern London townhouse to a traditional Arts and Crafts house in Massachusetts – that have followed and adapted Morris’s guiding principles.
With a comprehensive style-sourcing section, including lists of suppliers both in the US and UK, as well as a gazetteer of places to visit for inspiration, this is the definitive source book for anyone interested in living with Arts and Crafts style.
Pamela Todd has lectured at Tate Britain and the Victoria and Albert Museum on the subject of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and has written over twelve books, including 'The Impressionists’ Table', 'Bloomsbury at Home', 'The Pre-Raphaelites at Home' and, most recently, 'The Arts & Crafts Companion'.
Also of interest:
The Arts & Crafts Companion
The Arts and Crafts Movement
The Arts and Crafts Sourcebook
The Beauty of Life: William Morris & the Art of Design
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500512523 | | ISBN-13 978-0500512524 | | | | 29.0 x 23.7 cm | | Hardback | | 192pp | | 217 illustrations, 140 in colour | | First published 2005 | | | | £22.50 | | | |  | | | | 
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