William Morris
to come, a symbol of middle class materialism and complacency. The American social realist, Sinclair Lewis, repeatedly used the Morris chair in his novels to symbolise provincial pretentiousness and conformity. Although Victoriana, often in the Morris style, was unable to hold its own in the face of modernism, Morris's designs remain some of the most beautiful to date with their exacting symmetry juxtaposed against flowing, natural forms.
The next article will explore some of the objects designed by William Morris and Morris & Co.
Works cited: Linda Parry, ed. William Morris, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 1997.
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