Lot 55
FRENCH SCHOOL
MORESQUE WOVEN SILK PANEL, CIRCA 1860
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
Auction: 23 October 2019 at 11:00 BST
Description
the design, closely relating to designs in the Alhambra Palace, with repeating pattern of floral, foliate and script motifs, reserved within a later silk border with cotton backing
Dimensions
79cm x 93.5cm
Footnote
Literature: Jones, Owen La Alhambra Palais. Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra published by the Author, 1841, volume II, plate 2, no.3
Note: Although the designer of this textile is unknown, the pattern is closely similar to a design at the Alhambra Palace, Granada, promoted in the above publication above by the architect and designer Owen Jones (1809-1874) (see Lot 43). The design may have been copied from this publication or even adapted by Jones and sold to a French merchant or manufacturer. The Victoria & Albert Museum hold a piece of ‘Alhabraesque’ silk fabric made by Warner & Sons in 1855 (T.132-1972).