Lot Essay
The label also states that this fabric can be made by the textile manufacturers Warners in 1895, and that it was used for the drawing room walls of the Mercers Hall in 1881.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A panel of silk woven in crimson and light brown with three fruiting shrubs flanked by acanthus leaves in 18th century style--84 x 160cm., 1880s, labelled J. G. Grace & Son, 38, Wigmore Street, No. 89628
Details
A panel of silk woven in crimson and light brown with three fruiting shrubs flanked by acanthus leaves in 18th century style--84 x 160cm., 1880s, labelled J. G. Grace & Son, 38, Wigmore Street, No. 89628
Provenance
This and the following five lots were collected by an ancestor of the vendor who worked for the London textiles firm of J. G. Crace and Son in the late 19th/early 20th century.