Description
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO.
ARTS & CRAFTS ‘BIRD’ PATTERN WOOL HANGING, DESIGNED 1878
woven woollen double cloth
175cm wide, 130cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Paul Reeves, London
Literature: Parry, Linda, ‘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 textile.