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In 1880 he set up a workshop for the manufacture of metalwork. He was inspired in this by William Morris, whom he had long  admired. Later he opened a well-equipped factory in Hammersmith, and about 1887 a shop in Bond Street. The firm survived until he retired in  1920. Benson was an active member of the Art Worker’s Guild from 1884 and a leader in the formation of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society  from 1886. On Morris’s death in 1896, he became chairman of Morris & Co. and designed furniture and wallpapers for them. He was a founder  member of the Design and Industries Association in 1914. He died in 1924.\r\n\r\nBenson’s firm produced some simple furniture, but his main output consisted of well-designed utilitarian metalwork. This was usually in copper and  brass but sometimes in electroplate. It included lamps, teapots and food warmers. Benson had always been interested in engineering. 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