BY MORRIS & CO., LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of 'Cherwell' printed velvet curtains
By Morris & Co., late 19th century
Woven with thistles and sunflowers, yellow on a blue ground, stamped 'Morris' on selvedge
one -- 46in. (117cm.) wide; one -- 52in. (132cm.) wide, 103in. (261.5cm.) drop

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Lot Essay

The meander pattern of chrysanthemum, carnations, rose and thistle, named 'Cherwell' was taken in part from William Morris designs and invented in 1887 by John Henry Dearle (d. 1932), art director of the woven and printed textile manufacture of Morris & Co., Oxford Street (L. Parry, William Morris Textiles, London, 1983, p. 157, no. 61).

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