Publisher's Synopsis
Lavishly illustrated, for the sixty years of the William Morris Society, this book features sixty objects from the Society's Collection. Patterns and poems, business and historic building protection, politics, printing, family and friendship, utopian society, stained glass, chairs, typeface and tapestries, the Arts & Crafts Movement and songs for Socialists - all examples of William Morris's creativity and influence. Includes an Introduction about Morris's time at his home Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, the basement an coach house of which now serve as the headquarters for the Society.