Product-Furniture: Sussex Chair

Artist/Designer: William Morris

Project Location: England

Figure 1: "Sussex Chair" and "Honeysuckle" block-printed wall chintz, both by William Morris (1834-1896) in Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton, England. From Hapgood, Marilyn Oliver, Wallpaper and the Artist: From Durer to Warhol; Abbeville Press Publishers, New York,1992 pg 61.

Figure 2: "Sussex Chair" and "Acanthus" wallpaper, both by William Morris Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton, England. From Hapgood, Marilyn Oliver, Wallpaper and the Artist: From Durer to Warhol; Abbeville Press Publishers, New York,1992.

Figure 3: CIRC.288-1960 from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V & A) Collection ( Source | Accessed : September 8, 2017 )

Figure 4: Broadside advertising all models of the Sussex Chair from Morris and Company

Style/Period(s):
Arts and Crafts

Primary Material(s):
Wood

Function(s):
No Function Assigned.

Related Website(s):

Victoria and Albert Museum | Accessed : September 19, 2017

Style Library; archive of William Morris designs | Accessed : September 19, 2017

The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Accessed : September 19, 2017

Significant Date(s):
1860

Additional Information:
Raizman, David. History of Modern Design. 2nd ed. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2004.

Kirkham, Pat. "William Morris: A Life in Design." In The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Arts of Design, edited by Diane Waggoner, 21-31. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003.

Forty, Adrian. Objects of Desire: Design and Society Since 1750. London: Thames & Hudson, 1986.

Hapgood, Marilyn Oliver. Wallpaper and the Artist: From Durer to Warhol; Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1992.

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