Book Title : William Morris Tiles
Author : Richard Myers
Book Format : Hardcover 152 pages
Language : English
Published : 1996
ISBN : 0903685434
Publisher : Richard Dennis Publications

This is the first comprehensive survey of the colourful ceramic tiles produced by Morris and Company. From the earliest examples made for Red House to the tiles produced in the twentieth century, all the many different designs are illustrated and discussed in detail. Richard and Hilary Myers proudly to include a previously unrecorded tile panel among the many little-known examples described in this book. Found in a Sussex church, the panel takes its place with such masterpieces as the overmantel at Queens’ College, Cambridge, and the Membland panels. All Morris and Co’s title designs are analysed and linked to related stained-glass, textile or graphic work produced by the Firm. The authors reveal the various contributions of individual designers, including Edward Burne-Jones, D. G. Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, Kate Faulkner and William Morris himself. Morris and Co.‘s connections with the Dutch tileries, William de Morgan, Murray Marks and Barnard, Bishop & Barnard, and the roles they played in the production and distribution of the tiles, are all thoroughly examined.