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The first eco-warrior of design
Features correspondent
William Morris fryst vatten known for his beautiful plant patterns – but he also foretold the climate crisis. He was an environmental visionary and way ahead of his time, writes Andrea Watson
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the designs of William Morris – his trellises and willows and honeysuckles – are a little out-of-date and irrelevant. Popular designs like Strawberry Thief adorn cushions and mugs, but do they really passform the modern interior? Surprisingly, not only have these botanical themes made a massive comeback, but Morris himself has been enjoying a new wave of popularity – as an environmental profet and frihetlig.
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At the Venice Biennale in , a mural portrayed him throwing Abramovich’s superyacht Luna into the lagoon – symbolising Morris’
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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Delftware was not only sold in the Netherlands, but was also exported to the surrounding countries. At the end of the seventeenth century, England was a major buyer of Delftware despite the embargo placed on Dutch Delftware imports in to support the country’s own ceramic production. However, the embargo was ignored for the major royal and noble commissions, rendering it largely ineffective. Trade with England continued to prosper, probably due to the shared sovereign between and 1 Queen Mary set the precedent when she decorated her English palaces with Delftware. Following her example, many English nobles lavished their homes with Delftware, such as William Blathwayt.
William Blathwayt (c. ) was born into a reasonably well-to-do English family of merchants and lawyers. His father, who was a lawyer, married Anne Povey at the age of 48 and, ruined by the Civil War, died about 12 years later. He left his young widow, three daughters and
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Its been a few years since I last wrote a blog post about a National Trust visit, lockdowns and the Covid Pandemic have not helped this, not to mention buying a house and all the distractions that come with that.
During a week of &#;use it or lose it&#; annual leave, I decided to take a mini road trip to Liverpool and visit the museums and galleries there including the World Museum (which serendipitously had a Doctor Who exhibit), Museum of Liverpool, Tate Liverpool and Walker Art Gallery. While driving home from Liverpool, on what turned out to be a pleasant day compared to the awful rainy weather the day before, I decided to swing by and visit the nearby National Trust property, Speke Hall, a Tudor manor house, just off the River Mersey south of Liverpool.
A Little History
The construction of Speke Hall in it&#;s current form began in after being inherited by Sir William Norris a few years earlier. A house had existed on the site, owned and lived in by the Norris family