H&M’s latest collection featuring William Morris designs has flown out of their thousands of shops worldwide.It is floaty and floral and oh so attractively priced. Although it only launched this month, there is now a feeding frenzy online for the few items left. Morris is firmly back in fashion and, oh joy, machine washable. But hang on, should we be worried about this? What would Morris have made of this H&M Collection sold in his name? Is it true to his aesthetic and social vision and if not…
The Emery Walker Trust and The William Morris Society have joined forces to commission new BIDBI bags to promote their Arts & Crafts house museums.Both heritage sites have recently been restored and received funding to work together on joint projects to make their small sites more sustainable for the future. The tote bags, which have their distinctive new black and red logos on each side, reflect this closer connection and references the friendship and working collaboration between William…
Wiliam Morris was a passionate advocate of Persian textiles and instrumental in convincing the Victoria & Albert Museum to purchase the world famous Ardabil carpet.Measuring 38′ long by 18′ wide, it is an extremely fine specimen bearing the following inscription by the weaver:“I have no refuge in the world other than thy threshold. There is no protection for my head other than this door.The work of the servant of the threshold Maqsud of Kashan in the year 946.”So it is apt that Arts & Crafts…
Yesterday, April 20th, was a momentous day for the Arts & Crafts Hammersmith team, as we reopened Emery Walker’s House after an 18 month closure, welcoming visitors from near and as far afield as Australia!After so many months of hard work, packing, unpacking, cleaning, cataloguing, creating a new exhibition space so the House would be ready for visitors, it was a proud and very satisfying moment to see just how much our first visitors appreciated the tours, hosted by Emery Walker’s House’s…
