"The thousand things that ’neath the young leaves grow, The hopes and chances of the growing year, Winter forgotten long, and summer near.” - William Morris, from “April,” The Earthly Paradise

One of William Morris’s most well-loved fabric patterns, “Strawberry Thief” was registered with the Patent Office #OnThisDay in 1883. (Image: V&A) #OTD

"Here then, O June, thy kindness will we take; And if indeed but pensive men we seem, What should we do? thou wouldst not have us wake From out the arms of this rare happy dream, And wish to leave the murmur of the stream” - William Morris, “June”, from The Earthly Paradise

Happy May Day! William Morris discovered Marx and Socialism in the early 1880s. He was soon a leading figure in the British Socialist movement, devoting himself to the cause for the last 15 years of his life. (Hammersmith Socialist League membership card by Walter Crane, 1888)

Happy Birthday William Morris! To celebrate are three of his incredible sketches for stained glass windows. A true polymath, he was a poet, philosopher, designer of everything for the home, conservationist, artist and socialist activist among his many other passions.

Happy Birthday William Morris! Born in Walthamstow #OnThisDay in 1834, he leaves a legacy from beautiful scrolling Acanthus leaf wallpapers through to the passionate belief that art should be for the people and by the people.

Happy Birthday William Morris! Born 24 March 1834 in Walthamstow, London, Morris was the third of nine children to parents Emma and William Morris Sn. Morris was crucial in raising the status of crafts to fine art and was led by his desire to make the world a more beautiful place

On the occasion of Morris's birthday, we're happy to announce the winners of the 2023 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship, Lindsay Wells, and William Morris Society Award, @St_John_1819! morrissociety.org/2023/03/22/202…

Happy Birthday to polymath, May Morris: designer of wallpaper, jewellery, textiles, stained glass and many other arts and crafts. She was also an embroiderer, author, editor, lecturer, artist, feminist, socialist and business woman. #OTD #MayMorris

🎂 May Morris was born on 25th March, 1862 at Red House in Bexleyheath. Not only are their birthdays a day apart but May inherited her Father's creative and entreprenurial side becoming a skilled teacher, lecturer, editor, jeweller, designer, and most of all embroiderer.

Happy Birthday May Morris! Born #OTD, March 25, 1862.

Join us for event 1/3 with Prof Deanna K.Kreisel, ‘It’s the End of the World as We Know it’. We’ll be talking William Morris, ecological mourning & utopian thinking. This Saturday (8th) at 1:00pm (PDT). Registration & more info here: rb.gy/voyn1

On the occasion of May Day, you might enjoy exploring the new account Commonweal: The Journal of the Socialist League, which provides "Snippets from and about Commonweal, the journal of the Socialist League, edited from 1885-1890 by William Morris." x.com/WMCommonweal/s…

Registered with the patent office #OTD in 1884: "Wandle", one of Morris's largest and most complex patterns for printed cotton. The pattern was designed to "honor our helpful stream", the River Wandle, which supplied water to the Morris & Co. factory at Merton Abbey.

Join us on Nov 1 for an event with Miriam Pugliese of Nido di Seta, an Italian group dedicated to sustainable textile practices and the revival of local silkworm breeding. More information and link to registration: morrissociety.org/2023/10/10/eve…

Applications for the Society's new Diversity Award are due at the end of the month - Oct. 31, 2023. Learn more on our website: morrissociety.org/2023/06/15/wil…

Morris Society members! Reminder that on December 2, we will have a special tour of "The Rossettis" exhibition at Delaware Art Museum and the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection at the UD Library, Museums and Press. You can still sign up here: …orrissocietyintheus22.wildapricot.org/event-5415396