Printing. An essay by William Morris & Emery Walker. From Arts & crafts essays by members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

William Morris ( 1834 - 1896) was an English textile designer poet novelist translator and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre while he played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain.