May Morris

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British person designer embroiderer person socialist activist textile artist

May Morris was a prominent British designer, embroiderer, and socialist activist, best known for her influential role in the Arts and Crafts movement and as the daughter of William Morris.

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
designer ⓘ
embroiderer ⓘ
person ⓘ
socialist activist ⓘ
textile artist ⓘ
coFounded Women’s Guild of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1862-03-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1938-10-17 ⓘ
dateOfDivorce c. 1898 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1890 ⓘ
designedFor Morris & Co. ⓘ
edited The Collected Works of William Morris ⓘ
employer Morris & Co. ⓘ
familyName Morris ⓘ
father William Morris ⓘ
fieldOfWork decorative arts ⓘ
embroidery ⓘ
textile design ⓘ
founded Women’s Guild of Arts ⓘ
fullName Mary Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
influenced 20th-century embroidery ⓘ
influencedBy William Morris ⓘ
memberOf Socialist League ⓘ
mother Jane Morris ⓘ
movement Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nickname May ⓘ
notableFor development of Arts and Crafts embroidery ⓘ
leadership of the embroidery department at Morris & Co. ⓘ
notableWork Art needlework designs for Morris & Co. ⓘ
Honeysuckle embroidery designs ⓘ
occupation designer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
embroiderer ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
textile designer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bexleyheath, Kent, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire ⓘ
surface form: Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England
politicalIdeology socialism ⓘ
positionHeld head of embroidery department at Morris & Co. ⓘ
residence Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire ⓘ
surface form: Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire, England
roleInMovement leading figure in Arts and Crafts embroidery ⓘ
sibling Jenny Morris ⓘ
spouse Henry Halliday Sparling ⓘ

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