William Morris, the textile designer, writer, and activist, was born in Essex, England, in 1834. A protean creator, he was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and a founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris was a Medievalist, but he also traveled abroad to further his study of foreign cultures, especially the Muslim world. His passion for Islamic textiles, metalware, furniture, and ceramics shows up in his personal collection—and should come as no surprise, given his love of curvilinear “infinity” patterns. For the first time, and with 90 pieces from both his collection and his own archive of work on view, this exhibition explores Morris’s absorption of Islamic style. —Jack Sullivan