LOT DETAILS

Materials:

silk on cotton weft; smooth surface

Measurements:

101.57 in. (258.00 cm.) (height) by 148.62 in. (377.50 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'Made by Morris and Company Merton Abbey England MCMIV' (l.r.)

Literature:

H. C. Marillier, History of the Merton Abbey Tapestry Works founded by William Morris, London, 1927, p. 32.Linda Parry (ed.), William Morris, expo. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, cat. p. 293, sous le no. M. 129.

Provenance:

Commandée en 1904 par Guillaume Mallet pour Le Bois Moutiers, à Varengeville, près de Dieppe, et par héritage dans sa famille; d'où acquis parYves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé.