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Tapis Hammersmith by 
																	William Morris

William Morris

( British, 1834 - 1896 )

Tapis Hammersmith

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Materials:

hand knotted wool

Measurements:

95.47 in. (242.50 cm.) (height) by 40.94 in. (104.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Literature:

The drawing of a carpet with identical border is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum under the number E.301- 1939. It was acquired in 1939 as a bequest from May Morris, William Morris' daughter.; Le dessin original d'un tapis avec une bordure identique fait partie des collections du Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres sous la référence E.301- 1939 ; il fut acquis en 1939 par leg provenant de May Morris, fille de William Morris.; Linda Parry, William Morris, catalogue d'exposition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, éd. Philip Wilson et Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, cat. n. M.112, p. 284 pour le dessin. La note du catogue confirme que la bordure d'oiseaux a été utilisée pour un tapis simple, aujourd'hui dans la chapelle du Peterhouse College, Cambridge; Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany, The Garden Museum Collection, éd. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2004, p. 646

Provenance:

Vente Christie's Londres, 3 novembre 1999, lot 32

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