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William Morris (1834-1896) / Charlotte & Peter Fiell.
Fine Arts Library NX547.6.M67 F54 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fiell, Charlotte, 1965- author.
- Fiell, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Morris, William, 1834-1896.
- Morris, William.
- Designers--Great Britain.
- Designers.
- Medievalists--Great Britain.
- Medievalists.
- Decorative arts--Great Britain.
- Decorative arts.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Dust jackets (Binding)
- Biographies.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Köln ... ; New York ... : Taschen, [1999]
- Language Note:
- Text in English, German and French.
- Summary:
- An overview of the multi-faceted work of the English innovator, William Morris. This volume looks at the anti-industrialist who supported the artisan and the handmade object at a time when history was gazing clearly in the opposite direction.
- Contents:
- Biography
- William Morris at home
- Interior design (Standen ; Wightwick Manor)
- Public commissions (Queen's College Hall ; The Armoury and Tapestry Room, St James's Palace ; The Green Dining Room, South Kensington Museum)
- Decorative arts (Stained glass ; Furniture ; Tiles ; Wallpapers ; Embroidery ; Printed textiles ; Woven textiles ; Tapestry ; CArpets ; Calligraphy ; Kelmscott Press).
- Notes:
- "German translation by Antje Pehnt ... French translation by Joëlle Ribas ..."--Verso of title leaf.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-175).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 3822866172
- 9783822866177
- OCLC:
- 43100076
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