THE ART OF WALLPAPER: WILLIAM MORRIS IN CONTEXT

This extensively illustrated volume focuses on William Morris (18341896), placing his wallpaper designs within the context of the r adical changes in taste witnessed during the Victorian era. Against a backdrop of the fanciful, naturalistic patterns that typified fashionable papers in Morris's youth, the impact of the Reform Movement of the mid-19th century is underscored, particularly the reformers' crusade against such multi-colored ornamental decoration.