A skilled weaver took two months to complete just one square foot, working with English or Picardy wool, Italian silk, and silver and gold thread. ... During the French Revolution, many tapestries were burned for their gold and silver threads. ... The Industrial Revolution at the turn of the twentieth century brought the formation of the Arts and Crafts Movement, led by British designer William Morris (1834-1896). William Morris founded the firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkener and Co. in 1861, which became Morris & Co. in 1875. ... The figure personifying autumn was designed by Edward Burne Jone...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great siz...

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One early English explorer to visit Africa was William Hawkins who in the 1530's made voyages to Guinea to obtain ivory and gold, commodities the area was rich in, at this stage in history it did not appear that Britain had a great interest in the trade of human slaves. ...

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