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‘A key artist in her own right’: wallpaper and fabrics designer emerges from William Morris’s shadow
Creativity and influence of Morris & Co designer Kate Faulkner to be detailed in Cambridge exhibition For more than a century, she has been little more than a footnote in William Morris’s story, her work mistaken for his, her contribution to British decorative art largely overlooked. Yet, in her lifetime, Kate Faulkner was a pioneer: the first person after Morris to design wallpapers and fabrics for Morris & Co, and one of only four designers he ever trusted to do so. Several of the patterns she designed under her name for the company in the 1870s and 1880s are still sold today. Continue reading...
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Creativity and influence of Morris & Co designer Kate Faulkner to be detailed in Cambridge exhibition For more than a century, she has been little more than a footnote in William Morris’s story, her work mistaken for his, her contribution to British decorative art largely overlooked. Yet, in her lifetime, Kate Faulkner was a pioneer: the first person after Morris to design wallpapers and fabrics for Morris & Co, and one of only four designers he ever trusted to do so. Several of the patterns she designed under her name for the company in the 1870s and 1880s are still sold today. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘A key artist in her own right’: wallpaper and fabrics designer emerges from William Morris’s shadow, Creativity and influence of Morris & Co designer Kate Faulkner to be detailed in Cambridge exhibition For more than a century, she has been little more than a footnote in William Morris’s story, her work mistaken for his, her contribution to British decorative art largely overlooked. Yet, in her lifetime, Kate Faulkner was a pioneer: the first person after Morris to design wallpapers and fabrics for Morris & Co, and one of only four designers he ever trusted to do so. Several of the patterns she designed under her name for the company in the 1870s and 1880s are still sold today. Continue reading…
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