Beschreibung:

WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO. A 'BIRD' PATTERN TEXTILE HANGING CIRCA 1890 Original design circa 1877 and 1878, jacquard-woven woollen double cloth approximately 150cm long by 125cm wide Provenance: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898); By descent to his daughter Mrs J W Mackail (nee Margaret Burne-Jones) (1866-1953); By descent to her daughter Clare Mackail (1896-1975); Thence by family descent. Literature: Parry, L., William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, pp. 222-223, illus. This textile was the first hand-loom jacquard woven at Queen Square in London and later at Merton Abbey. In November 1879, Edward Burne-Jones ordered a set of bed hangings in this pattern and it is possible that this hanging may have formed part of this order.