Arts and Crafts - 21st June 2017

Lot 240

'Flower Garden' a Morris & Co jacquard woven silk panel designed by William Morris

Estimate £800 - £900 | Hammer £1100

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Description

'Flower Garden' a Morris & Co jacquard woven silk panel designed by William Morris, blue and copper red on a blue ground, 137 x 72cm.

Literature

Linda Parry William Morris Textiles Crescent, page 152 plate 31 for another colour way of this design. This silk was designed by William Morris in 1879 for the collection of Laurence William Hodson (1846-1933) to refurbish Compton Hall between 1895-6.