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Their dances feature much "whooping" and this has become characteristic amongst many other border sides. Perhaps in keeping with the original tradition, the Original Welsh Border Morris (founded 1973) meet only once a year, at Christmas, and dance the traditional dances of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
William Morris, 1834-1896: A Life of Art. Taschen. ISBN 9783836561631. Beecroft, Helen (2019). William Morris. Flame Tree Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78755-307-1. Fairclough, Oliver and Emmeline Leary, Textiles by William Morris and Morris & Co. 1861–1940, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1981, ISBN 0-89860-065-0
The collection includes stained glass, wallpaper, textiles, embroidery, drawings, ceramics, more than 2000 books, original woodblocks, and the complete archives of both Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and Morris & Co. [308] These materials formed the foundation for the 2002 exhibition William Morris: Creating the Useful and the Beautiful and ...
A mixture of the Mari Lwyd and Wassail customs occurs in the border town of Chepstow, South Wales, every January. A band of English Wassailers meet with the local Welsh Border Morris Side, The Widders, on the bridge in the town. [70] [71] In the 21st century, the revival of the custom has extended to Abergavenny. [72]
It is thus clear that in Shrewsbury, on the Welsh border, morris dancers were associated with disguise in the 16th century. The explanation of disguise is also given for the blackface in the later periods, and that during the hard winters of the 17th and 18th century, out of work labourers and builders sought to anonymously supplement their ...
A Morris & Co. stained-glass window to a design by Edward Burne-Jones installed in Malmesbury Abbey.The window shows characteristic themes based on Arthurian legends.. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (1861–1875) was a furnishings and decorative arts manufacturer and retailer founded by the artist and designer William Morris with friends from the Pre-Raphaelites.