WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO.
'BRER RABBIT' PERIOD TEXTILE PANEL, CIRCA 1890
£378
Auction: Day One | Lots 1 to 252 | Wednesday 16th April from 10am
Description
printed cotton, later framed and mounted
Dimensions
33cm x 43cm (frame size 50.5cm x 70cm)
Footnote
Literature: Parry L. William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, p. 229, pl. 45
Note: This pattern was named after a character in 'Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings', published in 1882, by J. C. Harris, which was being read to Jenny and May Morris at the time.