Estimation $ - $
Vente le 04/12/2012
Matière lin
Couleur bleu, rose, vert, sauge
Dimensions 227 × 153 cm
Nom de la vente Passion for Fashion
Lot 56
Maison de vente Kerry Taylor
Pays Royaume-Uni
Description du catalogue
A fine William Morris & Co ’Peacock & Dragon’ doublecloth furnishing textile, 1878, woven in pink, sage green and blue wools with large scale medieval-styled beasts and foliage repeats, 227 by 153cm, on linen covered board
This design was woven by Morris at Queen Square and Merton Abbey. An identical fabric was draped around the walls of the first floor drawing room of Kelmscott House in April 1878. May Morris believed the design to be ’intimate and friendly... the most adaptable to the needs of everyday life. It suggest not the wealth of the millionaire but the modest competence of a middle class merchant who lives...with the few beautiful things he has collected slowly and carefully’.
cf Victoria & Albert Museum ’William Morris’ catalogue, edited by Linda Parry p.270 for a reproduction of this design.