Wallpaper and fabric designer steps out of William Morris's shadow
The Guardian Culture profiles a woman designer of wallpapers and fabrics whose work has long been overshadowed by the fame of William Morris, her collaborator in the Victorian decorative arts movement. The piece argues she deserves recognition as a significant artist in her own right. It matters chiefly to art and design history, where credit for such patterns has often gone to better-known male figures.
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