Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893)

Brown worked closely with the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood but was never made a member. He met William Morris in 1856. Later in 1861 he became a founding member of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co (later Morris & Co).

Plate on page 29, Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses by Sir Robert William Edis F.S.A. 1881. showing Morris & Co side chair by Ford Madox Brown.

He designed early Morris & Co furniture including a green painted bedroom suite for Morris’s own house in Kelmscott. From 1878 until his death he was involved in the decoration of Manchester Town Hall.

 

From
  Robert W. Edis, Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses, 1881  
Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, Nineteenth Century Design, 1993