Mary (May) Morris
Born 25 March 1862
Died 16 October 1938
Active: 1899 - 1903
Designer, textile artist and teacher
Born at at Red House, Upton, Bexleyheath, Kent. Died at Kelmscott. She was the youngest daughter of William Morris and became a highly influential designer and creator of needlework. Her designs in other media included wallpapers and she lectured widely on embroidery, costume, and pattern designing.
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1899 - 1903
Teacher of Needlework at the Central School of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art.
Sources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Jan Marsh, ‘Morris, Mary [May] (1862–1938)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37787, accessed 19 Oct 2009]
Citing this record
'Mary (May) Morris', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1206020567, accessed 29 Jan 2023]
