Morris & Co.
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Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (1861-1875) and its successor Morris & Co. (1875-1940) were furnishings and decorative arts manufacturers and retailers founded by the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., "Fine Art Workmen in Painting, Carving, Furniture and the Metals," was jointly created by Morris, Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Faulkner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, P. P. Marshall, and Philip Webb in 1861 to create and sell medieval-inspired, handcrafted items for the home.
In 1871 Morris & Co. were responsible for the windows at All Saints church in the village of Wilden near to Stourport-on-Severn. They were designed by Edward Burne-Jones for Alfred Baldwin, his nephew's family.
The company was dissolved in 1875 and reorganized under Morris's sole direction as Morris & Co.
Although its most influential period was during the flourishing of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain in the 1880s and 1890s, Morris & Co. remained in operation in a limited fashion from World War I until its closure in 1940.
External links
- [William Morris; Crafting the Useful and the Beautiful, at the Huntington Library]
- [Morris & Co. by David Cody, at the Victorian Web]
- [Merton Abbey]
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