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PROBABLY DESIGNED BY WILLIAM MORRIS, EARLY 1860S
Details
A rare embroidery
Probably designed by William Morris, early 1860s
Repeating design depicting fruit laden trees, herons taking flight and scrolls with the inscription in Gothic script qui bien aime tard oublie ("who loves well forgets slowly"), the whole embroidered in crewel wool 'brick' stitch on linen
74in. by 45½in. (188cm. by 115.6cm.)
Probably designed by William Morris, early 1860s
Repeating design depicting fruit laden trees, herons taking flight and scrolls with the inscription in Gothic script qui bien aime tard oublie ("who loves well forgets slowly"), the whole embroidered in crewel wool 'brick' stitch on linen
74in. by 45½in. (188cm. by 115.6cm.)
Provenance
William Bell Scott and Alice Boyd
Henry Courtney
Miss Courtney Boyd
Henry Courtney
Miss Courtney Boyd
Literature
William Morris, Exhibition Catalogue Victoria & Albert Museum, 9 May- 1 September 1996, London, Cat. No. M.5, p. 235
Jan Marsh and Liz Woods, 'Pilgrimage to Penkill', The Order of the Owl: Quarterly Journal of the Penkill Foundation, Vol. 6, No. 4, Autumn, 1991, p. 3 repr. (detail)
Catalogue of Christie's Penkill Castle House sale, 15 December 1992, introduction
Jan Marsh and Liz Woods, 'Pilgrimage to Penkill', The Order of the Owl: Quarterly Journal of the Penkill Foundation, Vol. 6, No. 4, Autumn, 1991, p. 3 repr. (detail)
Catalogue of Christie's Penkill Castle House sale, 15 December 1992, introduction
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.