The Esperance Morris Book
The Esperance Morris Book is a 1910 London instruction book on English folk dance, compiled by Mary Neal, Clive Carey and Geoffrey Tøye and published by J. Curwen for morris dancers and singing-game teachers. Its photographs show dancers in costume, a group of men in street clothes, and a man holding a bundle of sticks, recording the revival's practice in the field. A designer could draw on the plain documentary photography, the rustic village setting, and the white-and-sash costume details for period folk-revival material.
