Europa and the Bull

Textiles designed by William Morris are some of the most recognizable of all nineteenth-century designs. Morris, driven by both perfectionism and aesthetic vision, laid the groundwork for the rejection of mass production and the revival of the idea of the artist as designer. Morris and Co. was founded in 1874 and, by the early 1880s, William Morris was one of the most important individuals in English decorative arts. Before the late 1880s, he produced more than 600 designs for wallpaper, embroideries, tapestries, rugs, and woven and printed furnishing fabrics, and trained himself in all related techniques. Title Evenlode Creator William Morris (British, b.1834, d.1896) Creator Lifespan 1834/1896 Creator Nationality British Creator Gender Male Creator Death Place Hammersmith, England, United Kingdom Creator Birth Place Walthamstow, England, United Kingdom Date Created 1883 - 1900 Location Created England, United Kingdom Printer Merton Abbey Works Physical Dimensions L. 50 in