A wedding dress of ivory satin, the neckline and sleeves trimmed with tulle and self-coloured satin bows, the cuffs ruched, with trained skirt, circa 1870; a bias cut sleeveless evening dress of orange and yellow shot "art" silk, with trained skirt, trimmed with frills, circa 1935; and two joined lengths of "Snakeshead", Morris & Co. printed cotton with a dark green ground--76 x 72in. (190 x 180cm.), stamped in the selvedge, 20th century

细节

A wedding dress of ivory satin, the neckline and sleeves trimmed with tulle and self-coloured satin bows, the cuffs ruched, with trained skirt, circa 1870; a bias cut sleeveless evening dress of orange and yellow shot "art" silk, with trained skirt, trimmed with frills, circa 1935; and two joined lengths of "Snakeshead", Morris & Co. printed cotton with a dark green ground--76 x 72in. (190 x 180cm.), stamped in the selvedge, 20th century
See Composite Illustration for detail of the printed cotton

拍品专文

"Snakeshead" was designed by Morris in 1876 influenced by Indian textiles. See catalogue entry number 18, page 150, "William Morris Textiles", Linda Parry, London, 1983.