Reminder: Submissions for the WMS-US 2026 CAA panel are due tomorrow!

Born #OTD 1833: Edward Burne-Jones, who designed the celebrated stained-glass windows in our Chapel, which were made by the William Morris factory. Read more 👇 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/design-and-h...

The artist Edward Burne-Jones was born #OTD 28 August 1833 in Birmingham. He produced stained glass designs for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, later Morris & Co. The Company of Angels in the City of God, from Hebrews 12:22, in Jesus College chapel, Cambridge, 1860s. 1/3

There is one week left to submit paper proposals for the William Morris Society US's 2026 CAA panel, “The Materiality of Text in Nineteenth-Century Art.” More information: morrissociety.org/2025/07/15/c...

Happy #WorldEmbroideryDay! This panel, held at the V&A, is a great example of how Morris & Co. sold much of its embroidery: not as finished pieces, but as kits. The piece would be started by a Morris & Co. worker, demonstrating the recommended techniques, then sold with all necessary supplies.

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Today! Digital lecture, “From Seams to Stripes: Textiles and Abstraction,” by Cora Chalaby. 1:30-2:30pm EST (6:30-7:30pm BST, 10:30-11:30am PST) morrissociety.org/2025/03/26/s...

Reminder - submissions for the WMS-US CAA session are due today, April 15!

Registered with the Patent Office #OTD, April 15, 1875 (exactly 150 years ago!): William Morris's Tulip, Larkspur, and Marigold.

The William Morris Society US is accepting session proposals for #CAA2026. We welcome any topic related to ideas and art forms associated with William Morris, across periods, regions, and media. Deadline April 15. Read the full call for proposals on our website: morrissociety.org/2025/03/26/c...

The William Morris Society US is now accepting applications for the 2025 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship, supporting scholarly and creative work about William Morris and his circle. Deadline: January 31, 2025. More information: morrissociety.org/2024/12/17/c...

Hello Bluesky! We're the William Morris Society in the United States, a group of scholars and enthusiasts brought together by our shared interest in the life and works of the nineteenth-century writer, designer, and political thinker William Morris, his family, and his circle.