William Morris and The Green Dining Room.

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: August 1, 1996| Author: Parry, Linda | Copyright information

The Green Dining Room in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has been dedicated to William Morris. The Morris Room is considered one of the most historically important British public decorative schemes of the 19th century.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was the first museum in the world to provide refreshment areas. Initially these were in a temporary building constructed in 1857, adjacent to the Brompton Oratory. A novel experience for visitors, the half-timbered, m...

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