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Morris & Co.

Morris & Co. ArtWorkers Limited

Decorative arts firm founded by William Morris.

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Country

United Kingdom

Instance Of

Business
Enterprise

Field of Work

Decorative Art

Inception

4/11/1861

Headquarters Location

London
 (1861 - 1865)
Located on Street
:
Red Lion Square
House Number
:8
Start Time
: 1861
End Time
: 1865
London
 (1865 - )
House Number
:26
Start Time
: 1865
London
 (1877 - )
Located on Street
:
Oxford Street
House Number
:264
Start Time
: 1877
London
 (February 1882 - 1917)
Located on Street
:
Oxford Street
House Number
:449
Start Time
: February 1882
End Time
: 1917
London
 (1917 - )
Located on Street
:
Hanover Square
House Number
:17
Start Time
: 1917

Founded By

William Morris
Edward Burne-Jones
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Philip Webb

Dissolved, Abolished or Demolished Date

3/21/1940

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Official Name

Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company (4/11/1861 - 3/31/1875)
Start Time
: 4/11/1861
End Time
: 3/31/1875
Morris & Co. (3/31/1875 - 1905)
Start Time
: 3/31/1875
End Time
: 1905
Morris & Co. Decorators Ltd. (1905 - 11/26/1925)
Start Time
: 1905
End Time
: 11/26/1925
Morris & Co. ArtWorkers Limited (11/26/1925 - )
Start Time
: 11/26/1925

Location

Archives At

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Notable Work

Willow Boughs
Strawberry Thief

Has Works in the Collection

13 items
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Musée D'Orsay
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Hermitage Museum
Art Gallery of South Australia
Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg
Norwich Castle
Cleveland Museum of Art

Has Part(s)

Legal Form

Partnership
 (4/11/1861 - 3/31/1875)
Start Time
: 4/11/1861
End Time
: 3/31/1875
Company
 (3/31/1875 - 3/19/1890)
Owned By
:
William Morris
Start Time
: 3/31/1875
End Time
: 3/19/1890
Partnership
 (3/19/1890 - 1905)
Start Time
: 3/19/1890
End Time
: 1905
Private Limited Company
 (1905 - 3/21/1940)
Start Time
: 1905
End Time
: 3/21/1940

Significant Event

1862 International Exhibition
 (1862)
Point in Time
: 1862
Restructuring
 (3/31/1875)
Point in Time
: 3/31/1875
Relocation
 (June 1881)
Class of Object(s) of Occurrence
:
Manufactory
Point in Time
: June 1881
Restructuring
 (3/19/1890)
Point in Time
: 3/19/1890
Death
 (10/3/1896)
Unnamed
:bug: P12912
Point in Time
: 10/3/1896
Change of Ownership
 (1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Dissolution
 (3/31/1940)
Point in Time
: 3/31/1940
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Peter Paul Marshall
Charles Joseph Faulkner
Merton Abbey Mills
 (June 1881 - )
Applies to Part
:
Manufactory
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Start Time
: June 1881
Destination Point
:
Merton Abbey Mills
Ford Madox Brown
Adoration of the Magi
Stanmore Hall
 (1890)
Merton Abbey Works
Holy Grail Tapestries
Tristram and Isoude Stained Glass Panels
Applies to Part
:
Interior Decoration
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa
Point in Time
: 1890
Located on Street
:
Queen Square
Start Point
:
Queen Square
Standen
Applies to Part
:
Interior Decoration
Morris Chair