William Morris Carpet Designs

Morris co rugs are hand crafted using the finest materials using renowned and iconic designs from william morris one of the most influential designers of the arts crafts movement.

William morris carpet designs.

Two original william morris rug designs reproduced by the persian carpet are the black tree and the hammersmith. 8x10 5 vintage indian william morris design carpet oldnewhouse. Offers authentic woven carpets by william morris the most famous 19 th century english designer and founder of the arts crafts movement. British arts crafts.

The british arts crafts movement drew from nature and transformed botanical motifs into simpler geometric forms. These were popular in england and america in the 19th and early 20th century. First diligent study of nature and secondly study of the work of the ages of art. See more ideas about arts and crafts movement arts and crafts carpet design.

T he creative approach that william morris employed in his designs was revealed in a lecture from 1874. Morris felt that the diligent study of nature was important as nature was the perfect example of god s design. Each stunning design is made exclusively by brink campman rugs with the finest wool yarns to produce a thick soft pile and the distinctive morris co colour palette that will add a touch of heritage to any home. It was probably the kidderminster carpet a coarse flat weave mainly made using woollen yarns that he first attempted a design for a style that was eventually produced by morris company in around seven different patterns.

The arts and crafts designs made popular by english textile designer william morris and scotlands donegal carpets often included gingko leaves thistles flowers and willow trees. New color combinations were experimented with such as earth tones and more vibrant tints. He saw this as the spiritual antidote to the decline in social moral and artistic. William morris 1834 1898 a founder of the british arts and crafts movement sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand made crafts including textiles in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward factory produced textiles with this goal in mind he created his own workshop and designed dozens of patterns for hand produced woven and printed cloth upholstery and other textiles.

Morris designs are equally at home in queen anne shingle style and colonial revival homes as in arts. Sale price 3 170 50 3 170 50 3 730 00 original price 3 730 00 15 off. Manufactured in england by grosvenor wilton wilton weave of 80 worsted wool 20 nylon available in document or custom colors. Morris began to design and outsource the machine production of carpet designs in the mid 1870s.

Feb 18 2020 19th century historical designs. The palettes of these 19th and early 20th century rugs ran from mossy greens to bright jewel tones.