tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post1932224293864293539..comments2024-03-24T02:21:53.258-07:00Comments on william morris unbound: History in 100 ObjectsTony Pinkneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-45657978397871988122011-08-14T04:43:09.079-07:002011-08-14T04:43:09.079-07:00Some anticipations of the Morris socialist satchel...Some anticipations of the Morris socialist satchel in his earlier writings, as with 'The rugged wallet from his back,/Patched of strong leather, brown and black' which the Scholar carries in 'The Writing on the Image' in 'The Earthly Paradise'.Tony Pinkneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-26509047175626691452011-07-23T00:42:09.552-07:002011-07-23T00:42:09.552-07:00Interesting additional ideas, Linda, thank you. I...Interesting additional ideas, Linda, thank you. I note that Walter Crane once referred to 'the wonderful satchel, without which he [Morris] was seldom seen in his later days' (see WM Society Newsletter, New Year 2011, p.17)Tony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-82079083291219337092010-11-11T09:24:24.262-08:002010-11-11T09:24:24.262-08:00You've chosen my favourite -- the book-satchel...You've chosen my favourite -- the book-satchel. The tea-cup in the WMAG could come second -- could we give joint first place to William Morris's overcoat, which hangs behind the door at Kelmscott Manor, looking as if Morris has just taken it off. Bag - cup - coat -- there's a pleasing simplicity there. I wonder if Morris sued the coat when speaking on street corners.lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-25749411772763030782010-10-19T04:58:42.880-07:002010-10-19T04:58:42.880-07:00Thanks for your suggestions, David - I especially ...Thanks for your suggestions, David - I especially like the idea of objects that may never have existed! Perhaps some enterprising publisher should now bring out a 'Dictionary of Morris's 100 Best Objects', arranged in alphabetical order and with handsome illustrations for each item.Tony Pinkneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-21810186937010659512010-10-16T10:02:33.948-07:002010-10-16T10:02:33.948-07:00I can't, at least yet, think of a favourite, b...I can't, at least yet, think of a favourite, but if we're looking for a hundred (which ought to be easy and interesting) I'd suggest:<br /><br />1. The painted decoration on the inside of the front door of the Red House.<br /><br />2. The dye book of Merton Abbey (now in the Huntingdon Library I think).<br /><br />And if we are allowed items which haven't survived (or maybe didn't even exist):<br /><br />3. The pile of discarded and useless nail scissors evoked in the essay on 'Makeshift'.David Leopoldnoreply@blogger.com