‘The Arts and Crafts Movement’

Hart, Imogen

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“…9 Jane and William each played a part in redecorating Kelmscott with wallpapers, ceramics, textiles, and furniture (Figure 1), although they retained several features of the existing decoration, including seventeenth-century tapestries depicting the Biblical story of Samson. 10 For the first three years, they shared the lease jointly with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who left many of his belongings behind. 11 Morris recorded his affection for the house in private correspondence and in a number of publications, including his utopian romance News From Nowhere, and its garden and environs inspired many of his designs.…”

Section: Kelmscott Manor and 7 Hammersmith Terracementioning

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May Morris, Dorothy Walker, and the Legacies of the Arts and Crafts Interior

Hart

2023

Journal of Interior Design

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The designers of the Arts and Crafts movement attempted to articulate the democratic power of the domestic interior. The legacies of these ideas are shaped by house museums such as Kelmscott Manor (home of William Morris) and 7 Hammersmith Terrace (Emery Walker’s House, publicized as “The Arts and Crafts Home”). Lived in and maintained by female descendants, May Morris and Dorothy Walker, and their female companions, these house museums invite a reassessment of the role of the Arts and Crafts movement in feminist and queer histories of interior design. In this article, I demonstrate some of the ways in which house museums and the Arts and Crafts movement can offer opportunities to expose some of the disciplinary structures that hinder an inclusive history of interior design. Situating its case studies in the context of the history of heritage preservation, and engaging with feminist scholarship, I argue that one strategy for exposing and challenging hidden biases in the field is to recognize homemaking, preservation, and curating as forms of creative labor that have made crucial contributions to the history of interior design. Focusing primarily on gender but also paying attention to questions of class, race, and sexuality, I consider the potential and the limits of the Arts and Crafts house museum’s capacity to contribute to intersectional histories of interior design.

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May Morris, Dorothy Walker, and the Legacies of the Arts and Crafts Interior

Hart

2023

Journal of Interior Design

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‘The Arts and Crafts Movement’

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May Morris, Dorothy Walker, and the Legacies of the Arts and Crafts Interior

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