William Morris, his art, his writings, and his public life : a record (1898)
Vallance, Aymer, 1862-1943 · London : G. Bell · leaf 134
after referring briefly to the making of plaincloth which is not susceptible of ornament, Morris says : As the designing of woven stuffs fell into degradationin the latter days, the designers got fidgeting after trivialnovelties ; change for the sake of change ; they must needsstrive to make their… … WILLIAM MORRIS 93 their web with spots and stripes and ribs and the rest ofit, but quite destroyed the seriousness of the work and evenits raison dMre. As of pottery-painting, so of figure-weaving : do nothing in it but that which only weavingcan do: and to this end make your design as elaborate…
Morris, William, 1834-1896 · Authors, English · Artists
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