WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO.
'BIRD' PATTERN PORTIERE, CIRCA 1880
£2,394
Auction: Lots 1 to 266 | 17th April at 10am
Description
jacquard woven double wool cloth, lined
Dimensions
180.5cm wide, 210cm drop, 222.5cm drop (including added strip)
Footnote
Literature: Parry L. William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, pp. 222-223, illus.
Note: This textile, designed by Morris in 1878, 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.