PAST BLAST: William Morris , the 19th-century textile designer synonymous with the British Arts and Crafts movement, is making a comeback with the completion of more than 40 unfinished, archival works by a team of London -based artists.

“The Unfinished Works” collection was unveiled this week by Morris & Co. and the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in California, which purchased the William Morris archive in 1999.

After discovering 50 incomplete sketches shortly after the purchase, Huntington approached Morris & Co., which was founded by William Morris and is now owned by the Sanderson Design Group , to finish the job.

Morris & Co.’s work involved researching the original inks, fabrics, papers and stained glass that Morris and his creative director John Dearle

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