Lot 313
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO.
'PEACOCK AND DRAGON' CURTAIN PANEL, CIRCA 1880
Auction: 29 October 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£3,250
Description
hand-loomed jacquard wool, in blue, salmon, rust and green
Dimensions
246cm x 153cm
Footnote
Literature: Parry, Linda 'William Morris Textiles', London1983, p. 152, no. 30
'William Morris: A Sense of Place', exhibition catalogue, 2010, illus. p. 38
Exhibited: Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, 'William Morris: A Sense of Place', 29th June - 17th October 2010, Blackwell
Note: The pattern, designed in 1878, was made first at Queen Square and then at Merton Abbey.