JOHN HENRY DEARLE (1859-1932) FOR MORRIS & CO.
THREE ARTS & CRAFTS EMBROIDERED PANELS, CIRCA 1892
£2,772
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
coloured silk threads, each mounted in an oak frame to form a three-fold draught screen, bears ivorine plaque inscribed WORKED BY MARGARET H. BENNETT 1891-1893/ PRESENTED BY HER TO ARCHIBALD S. BENNETT 1905
Dimensions
panels 132cm x 53cm, each fold 181cm x 63.5cm
Footnote
Literature: Parry, Linda William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, p.34, no.20 where a similar screen is illustrated including two of the panels offered here, 'Horned Poppy' and 'Parrot Tulip'.
Note: Designs for textiles by William Morris and other designers at Morris & Co. were available to the public as finished embroideries or as kits to complete at home. The kits were an inexpensive way of acquiring work from Morris & Co. These examples were worked from such a kit and mounted in an associated oak screen.