MAY MORRIS (1862-1938) FOR MORRIS & CO.
‘MAIDS OF HONOUR’ EMBROIDERED PANEL, CIRCA 1890
£4,284
Auction: Day One | Lots 1 to 252 | Wednesday 16th April from 10am
Description
coloured silks on a cotton ground, framed
Dimensions
55cm x 56cm (frame size 71cm x 71.5cm)
Footnote
The outer border of the roundel is inscribed with the opening lines of Robert Herrick’s (1591-1674) poem ‘Welcome, maids of honour, you do bring in the Spring and wait upon her’.