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Book SynopsisAnna Mason is a former curator and manager of the William Morris Gallery, London, winner of the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2013. She has also worked for the National Trust at Red House, and organized many exhibitions on Morris and his legacy. Jan Marsh is the author of
Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, Jane and May Morris and biographies of Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She has also curated exhibitions on 19th-century art and artists, including Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 18001900', held at Manchester City Art Gallery and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2005. She is former president of the William Morris Society and a Trustee of the Brangwyn Gift at the William Morris Gallery. Jenny Lister is a curator of textiles and fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum, specializing in the nineteenth century. Her publications include
The V&A Gallery of Fashion and London Society Fashion 19051925: The Wardrobe of Heather Firbank. Rowan Bain is cura
Trade Review'Lavishly illustrated' - The Spectator
Table of ContentsForeword by Jan Marsh
1. Sketches and Watercolours
2. May Morris and Morris & Co: Wallpapers and Embroidery
3. Book Covers and Designs
4. May Morris and the Art of Dress
5. Jewelry and Metalwork
