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Morris, n.4|ˈmɒrɪs|
The name of William Morris (1834-96), poet and craftsman, used attrib. of styles of furniture, wallpaper, etc., designed by him or made in his factory or at the Kelmscott Press, spec. as Morris chair, a type of easy chair with open padded arms and an adjustable back. Also Morris-papered a., papered with Morris wallpaper.
1880Lady Jebb Let. 6 Mar. in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) xvi. 173, I wish you could see Mrs Sellar's drawing-room..; Morris papers on the walls, Burne-Jones' photographs. 1900T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 235/3 Morris chair, golden oak or mahogany finish. 1912T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 May in Home Lett. (1954) 209 The piece of Morris tapestry I have. 1912E. Wordsworth Glimpses of Past xii. 140 Those were the days of green serge gowns, and Morris papers, depicting miniature orange trees and pomegranates, daisies, and sunflowers. 1920J. Galsworthy In Chancery iii. iii. 257 On a wall, not yet Morris-papered, was a print of the Queen. 1925G. B. Shaw Let. 24 Feb. in To a Young Actress (1960) 83 Morris made all sorts of chairs: there is no particular Morris chair that I know of. 1935N. Mitchison We have been Warned i. 107 The Morris curtains would be drawn. 1936J. Dos Passos Big Money 248 He let himself drop into the morrischair. 1937V. Woolf Years 54 There she was among the Morris wall-papers and the cabinets. 1938J. Cary Castle Corner 274 A Bible in Morris binding. Ibid. 303 I'm quite sure our Morris sugar sifter is far greater than Milan. 1958Listener 28 Aug. 317/1 The Morris dining-room. 1961A. Miller Misfits iii. 31 The complete assortment of furniture, from the Morris chair to the studio couch. 1967O. Lancaster Eye to Future v. 123 A charming cottage, stone-walled and Morris-papered. 1972D. Marlowe Do you remember England? i. 20 The warm bottle of Malvern water by the bedside, Morris wallpaper, and a train-journey biography.
Hence ˈMorrisan, Moˈrrisian a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of William Morris or his work; also ˈMorrisite, a follower or adherent of the principles, etc., of William Morris.
1897A. Beardsley Let. 26 Dec. (1971) 413 On the art side I suggest that it [sc. a projected new periodical] should attack untiringly and unflinchingly the Burne-Jones and Morrisian medieval business. 1918A. Bennett Roll-Call i. ix. 187 A quiet, inexpensive blue dress, embroidered at the neck in the Morrisian manner. 1936Archit. Rev. LXXX. 179/3 Morris's passionate campaign is famous enough, but there were true Morrisites before Morris, men such as Pugin and Semper. 1936W. R. Titterton G. K. Chesterton i. i. 23 The S.D.F.ers had always been Marxian in theory, though revolutionary Morrisites in sentiment. 1949G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self Sketches x. 57 A lady in the esthetic dress momentarily fashionable in Morrisan cliques just then. 1970New Society 31 Dec. 1151/2 It seemed plausibly argued that plastic would demean all our sensations and our contact with nature... This kind of approach had wood in mind—more Morrisite than luddite, perhaps. 1972Listener 6 Apr. 458/2 Ernie's father, killed just before the Armistice, had been a Morrisian socialist and preached an end to deference. |