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LEEK TEXTILE WEEK

Emily Lashford will guide you through the fascinating story of St. James Damask, designed for Morris & Co.’s second commission at St. James’s Palace in 1881 and woven by J.O Nicolson. By analysing the commission, design and production of the damask, we can explore the relationship between William Morris’ ideologies on production and design and the realities of an industrialised society.

Emily will outline the history of the commission and the production of the damask; how it was influenced by Morris’ attitudes towards manufacturing, and how this relates to his political ideology.

She will discuss the St. James damask in the context of the wider St James commissions providing an insight into Morris’ development as an individual and as a businessman across that period, projected into the same space. Finally, she will analyse how Morris approached the politics of public and private space through design.

£8.50 person