£7,500
Auction: DESIGN Since 1860
jacquard-woven woollen double cloth, lined with Morris & Co. 'Cray' pattern block-printed cotton fabric, designed by William Morris for Morris & Co., circa 1884
Literature: Parry, L., William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, pp. 222-223, illus.
Note: This textile was the first hand-loom jacquard woven at Queen Square in London and later at Merton Abbey. In November 1879, Edward Burne-Jones ordered a set of bed hangings in this pattern.