''Peacock and Dragon'', a Morris & Company curtain woven in coloured wools with one and a half repeats on a blue ground--52 x 58in. (130 x 145cm.), late 19th/early 20th century, the bottom cut, washed

Literature

"William Morris Textiles", Linda Parry, London, 1983, catalogue no. 30.
"William Morris", edited Linda Parry, exhibition catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, catalogue M.80.

This was designed by William Morris in 1878, manufactured at Queen Square and later at Merton Abbey. It was one of Morris's most popular textiles.