03/08/2024
Within the Victoria and Albert Museum is the oldest museum cafe in the world - a most ornate place, one section of which was designed by the celebrated William Morris. Three new refreshment rooms – the Gamble (shown here) Poynter and Morris Room – were opened in 1868, although work continued on their decorations for many years.
William Morris was one of the most famous designers of the Victorian period, yet at the time Henry Cole hired him to design the 'Western' or 'Green' Dining Room (now the Morris Room), he was a relative newcomer. The young designer was 31 at the time and his firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., was relatively unknown.
Morris, later famous for his championing of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Warmans had been already been trading 9 year by the time this opened
Warmans- managing and maintaining apartment blocks since 1859
www.warmanspm.com
