William Morris. Design and enterprise in Victorian Britain
Details:
- Author(s) Harvey, Charles, & Jon Press
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1991
- Pages 257pp; illus
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 1991. Scholarly history. Deals with the multifaceted career of William Morris but more particularly his activities as a businessman and how these interfaced with other aspects of his life. Has chapters: 'William Morris - writer, designer and social critic'; 'The quest for a life of purpose - Morris before the firm, 1834-61'; 'Idealism and action - the early years of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co,1861-69'; 'Markets and their decorative arts - Morris the man of business, 1869-75'; 'Experimentation and growth - Morris as designer-craftsman, 1875-81'; 'A Ruskinian dream - Morris at Merton Abbey, 1881-83'; 'Socialism and the mature enterprise, 1883-91'; 'Morris, Kelmscott and the firm, 1890-1940'; 'Conclusion - Art, enterprise and ethics'