Lot Essay
Rounton Grange, Northallerton, Yorkshire was designed by Philip Webb in 1872 for Sir Isaac Lowthian and Lady Bell. Apart from the present carpet, the interior of Rounton Grange also included a frieze designed by Morris and Burne Jones which was placed in the dining room. Linda Parry (op.cit.), on the basis of recollections by May Morris, suggests that the carpet was also originally in this room. A later (1896) photograph of the drawing room at Rounton Grange, (reproduced above) shows the carpet now placed in that interior.
The present carpet was one of the first commissions to be woven on the large Merton Abbey looms after the re-location of the Morris & Co. works from Hammersmith in 1881.
We would like to acknowledge the extensive research of Linda Parry which has assisted in the preparation of this catalogue entry.
The present carpet was one of the first commissions to be woven on the large Merton Abbey looms after the re-location of the Morris & Co. works from Hammersmith in 1881.
We would like to acknowledge the extensive research of Linda Parry which has assisted in the preparation of this catalogue entry.
