Holding pattern: The enduring influence of William Morris on film, fashion and design

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William Morris is one of the biggest names in interior design today, despite having died in 1896. A new exhibition examines the secret of his appeal. William Morris (1834-96) has ‘gone viral’. The English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist, mainly associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement, was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary cont…

Holding pattern: The enduring influence of William Morris on film, fashion and design

A new exhibition at Walthamstow’s William Morris Gallery traces the legacy of the Arts & Crafts designer on everything from boots to cinema and even a Japanese waving cat.