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Is May Morris a feminist cause – a woman of genius unfairly overlooked?

11 November 2017

9:00 AM

11 November 2017

9:00 AM

You may think you don’t know May Morris, daughter of William, but you’ll probably have come across her wallpaper. Her honeysuckle design was and remains a Morris & Co. bestseller, and it not only features in homes to this day, it’s been nicked by designer Jonathan Anderson for a Morris-inspired range for the very expensive fashion house Loewe.

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