A Visit to Standen House and Morris & Co.
8/16/2020 In this virtual tour, we visit Standen House with Professor Abigail Harrison Moore, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Leeds, and narrator of the Heni Talk video “William Morris: Useful Beauty In the Home. “
Professor Harrison Moore will join us to offer commentary and take questions. Standen House, an arts and crafts style country home located in West Sussex, was designed by architect Phillip Webb, a close friend and frequent collaborator of William Morris. Standen is decorated with wallpapers, textiles, and furniture by Morris & Co.
Learn from Shannon Davis, Creative Director of Selamat Designs, a San Francisco based home decor design studio, the history of Morris & Co. and its continuing relevance to how we live today. In 2019, Shannon and Selamat reinterpreted a selection of Morris & Co. heritage designs for contemporary interiors with craftsmanship and materials that follow William Morris's maxim 'Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.'