Lot 316
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Three panels of embroidery worked in pale coloured silks in satin and stem stitch, two with stylised scrolling anemone, the other with large horned poppy, all against a cream ground--23½ x 54in. (58 x 135cm.), circa 1890-1900, faded
Three panels of embroidery worked in pale coloured silks in satin and stem stitch, two with stylised scrolling anemone, the other with large horned poppy, all against a cream ground--23½ x 54in. (58 x 135cm.), circa 1890-1900, faded

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Three panels of embroidery worked in pale coloured silks in satin and stem stitch, two with stylised scrolling anemone, the other with large horned poppy, all against a cream ground--23½ x 54in. (58 x 135cm.), circa 1890-1900, faded
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Exhibited
See catalogue entry M.31, "William Morris", edited Linda Parry, London, 1996.

Lot Essay

This pattern was designed by John Henry Dearle, circa 1885-90, for William Morris & Company for a three-fold screen. It would appear that this is what these panels would have originally been used for as the pattern has been slightly truncated. A three-fold screen, using panels of Large Horned Poppy and Anemone, is illustrated in Morris & Co.'s "Embroidery Work" priced at £17 10s.

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