...on March 24th, 1834 was William Morris, long-reigning Knight of the Arts & Crafts Round Table -- a table which he most surely would have designed. Known as Topsy to his Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood friends, Morris was a writer, poet, Socialist and genius of organic form and function whose beautiful textiles, tapestries, wallpapers, furniture, stained glass and printworks attest to his claim that the “true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” He also produced literary translations, including major sagas in Icelandic, though I doubt that the word "idle" (in any language) was ever part of the personal vocabulary of this remarkable creative dynamo.Pictured: William Morris (1834-1896)
