Collaboration at its most interesting – William Morris London is proud to be working in partnership with The William Morris Gallery, the world-renowned artwork group that homes and preserves top-of-the-line collections on this planet of the work of this nice artist.
William Morris (1834-1896) was a world-famous designer, poet, political activist, and craftsman recognized for designing elegant interiors and beautiful textiles that stay among the many best-loved and hottest designs around the globe.
In the present day, this new line of eyewear takes one of the best of these iconic prints and materials and applies them to a surprising vary of wearable eyewear.
Lodden (1884)
LoddenLodden was designed by William Morris and block printed onto cotton materials. Lodden has a really massive repeating sample and reveals intricate scrolling flowers with foliage in gold, greens and silver gray.
Strawberry Thief (1883)
Strawberry ThiefConsidered one of William Morris’s most costly, technically difficult, but commercially profitable designs; Strawberry Thief was impressed by the thrushes that decimated the fruit in his backyard at Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire.
Riverwind (1881-83)
RiverwindThis design, primarily based on Morris’s design Windrush, a tributary of the River Thames, is one in all Morris’s final designs for a printed textile. It was impressed by a seventeenth-century velvet within the South Kensington Museum.
Brother Rabbit (1882)
Brother RabbitMorris conceived his ardour for medieval textiles and ornament throughout his childhood. Designed particularly to make the most of the indigo discharge methodology of printing, the genuine blue of this plant dye solely emerges after three days, when it’s lifted from the vat.
About William Morris London
Born to be British and perpetually loyal to our clients, William Morris London takes pleasure in our worldwide distinctive trend model. Taking pleasure in designing our frames within the coronary heart of London with the optician’s needs on the forefront of our thoughts. We ship world class customer support throughout the globe.
About Design Eyewear Group
Design Eyewear Group develops and markets iconic eyewear manufacturers, which have been bought worldwide by premium opticians for greater than 50 years. Distinctive design defines Design Eyewear Group’s portfolio of dynamic manufacturers that are impressed by artwork, innovation, and development whereas delivering distinctive worth. Headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, the corporate has native places of work in Paris, San Francisco, Bilbao, and London.
