£7,500
Auction: Design Since 1860
handwoven and hand-stitched wool
Provenance: Removed from Westwood, Mayfield, East Sussex
Note: These fine tapestry panels are believed to have been made for the dining room at Westwood, a large Arts & Crafts house in East Sussex, designed in 1902 by the celebrated Edwardian architect and interior decorator W.H. Romaine-Walker (1854–1940) for his own use. Romaine-Walker was born into a family of art dealers. He was educated at Lancing College, and then articled to the architect George Edmund Street. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1881, and in the same year began working in a partnership with Augustus William Tanner, which lasted until 1896. During the same period, Walker produced illustrations for three children's books published by John Lane. In 1911 Walker began a partnership with Gilbert H Jenkins, his chief assistant since 1901.