Parution : Rowan Bain, Tulips and Peacocks: William Morris and Art from the Islamic World, Yale University Press, 2024

Tulips and Peacocks: William Morris and Art from the Islamic World by Rowan Bain An introduction to William Morris’s personal collection of artworks from the Islamic world and how they came to influence his pattern-making One of the principal founders of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris was responsible for hundreds of patterns for wallpapers, fabrics, tapestries, and carpets that are iconic of the late nineteenth century and continue to resonate today. It is now widel...