Redesigning the World: William Morris, the 1880s, and the Arts and Crafts [Peter Stansky]

Redesigning the World: William Morris, the 1880s, and the Arts and Crafts by Peter Stansky, 1st ed., 1985, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA. 5.75 x 8.75, pp. 294. Printed in the USA. A fine hardcover cloth and dust jacket. 

“This study examines William Morris’s influence on design in the 1880s, a decade that witnessed the start of a design renaissance, reshaping the way the world was seen as well as the way many thought it should look. Morris was at the center of this change, not only because of his celebrated hostility to aspects of machine culture - expressed as a socialist, politician, and poet - but because of his considerable practical success as a designer and businessman whose work had enormous influence on the next generation of artists, craftsmen, and designers. This book emphasizes the latter achievement.”

With a List of Illustrations (16 black and white); Preface by Author; Abbreviations; Four Chapters (William Morris and the Arts and Crafts in the 1880s, The Century Guild, The Art Workers’ Guild, The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society); Conclusion; Appendix; Selected Bibliography and Index.