May Morris

circa 1890

Embroidered Panel
c.1885 stamped MORRIS & CO. to reverse of frame
19 3/8in. (49.2cm.) high
Christie's

Firescreen
mahogany, silk
32 5/8in. (82.8cm.) high
Christie's

"By producing small embroideries, for firescreens and cushions, many more people were able to acquire designs. Many of these designs were sold in kit form, becoming the financial mainstay of the business. The designs were available in three different stages of completion; as background fabric marked with the design to be embroidered entirely at home, with the embroidery already started as a guide or, all the work could be done in the Morris & Co workshops.

William Morris in 1885 handed over the management of the Embroidery Section to his daughter May, aged 23. She had already designed embroideries and was a skilled embroideress. All designs for embroidery were either designed by her or John Henry Dearle, Morris's assistant, who on Morris's death became Art Director." - Meg Andrews

http://www.meg-andrews.com/item-details/Morris-embroidery/6529
http://www.meg-andrews.com/item-details/May-Morris/6685

Photograph by Frederick Hollyer
circa 1890

http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/may-morris-and-embroidered-tapestry.html

A threefold screen
Designed by J.H. Dearle and May Morris, circa 1885,
retailed by Morris & Co.
Mahogany frame with ebony banding,
glazed panels with satin stitch embroidery,
central drop leaf shelf
69in. (177.3cm.) high; 20in. (51.3cm.) width of side panels;
23in. (58.7cm.) width of central panel
Stamped twice Morris & Co 449 Oxford St West, numbered 1586
Christie's

Thornbridge Hall window ~ Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris

"... In 1871 Sleigh sold the Hall and 185 acres (about 77 hectares) of land to Frederick Craven who commissioned the architect J B Mitchell-Withers to rebuild the Hall in the Jacobean style, with stained-glass windows by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones." - Parks and Garden UK

Pygmalion and the Image - The Soul Attains by Edward Burne-Jones was part of the Frederick Craven Collection. Another work in his collection was Night. (I believe now part of the Lloyd Webber Collection.)
http://www.preraphaelites.org/the-collection/1903p26/pygmalion-and-the-image-the-soul-attains/

Photo courtesy White Beer Travels
The current owner of Thornbridge Hall
is the proprietor of Thornbridge Brewerey.

Edward Burne-Jones - Morris & Co. ~ Constance & Dorigen

Stained Glass Panel
Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women'
Constance

Birmingham Museums and Art Galleries
"This panel seems to have been made as part
of a series for Birket Foster's house,
the Hill, in Witley, Surrey."
-Link-

Pencil drawings and stained glass cartoons
Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
-Link-

Stained Glass Panel
Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women'
Dorigen

-Link-

Edward Burne-Jones - William Morris ~ Thornbridge Hall Window (Derbyshire)

Thornbridge Hall Window
(Photo courtesy Nottinghamshire Notes)

"In the top tier the 4 roundels were designed by Burne-Jones in 1862, depicted Griselda, Dorigen, Constance & Cressida.
[another version shown in Monday's blog entry above - link]
The second tier depicts minstrels ... designed by William Morris.
The bottom tier, again by Burne-Jones in 1878 depict
Luna, Earth, Morning Star and Evening Star."
- Nottinghamshire Notes
-Link-
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Thornbridge Hall

Edward Burne-Jones - William Morris & Co. ~ Beautiful stained glass

Morning Star

Evening Star

Luna

Details of three of the five Morris & Co. panels
featured in the March 2008 Sotheby's sale,
The Jimmy Page Collection.
-Link-

"... the windows [were] made for [Angus] Holden at Woodlands in 1879. ... Nine panels were originally designed by Burne-Jones for Woodlands: `Venus', `Evening Star',` Saturn', `Jupiter', `Luna', `Earth',` Sol', `Morning Star' and `Mars'."
-Catalogue Notes-

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(click on image for larger picture)
Two panels, (Sol and Mars)
were part of the Gabreal Franklin Collection in 2009.
(I'm not sure if they currently are still there.)
The others were with Jimmy Page until 2008.
The panels Earth and Saturn were unlocated in 2009.
(Photo courtesy the Franklin Collection)
-Link-

'An Important Lost Carpet for 1 Holland Park, circa 1883' - Morris & Co

The beautiful pattern of a carpet that was listed as Lot 11 in a 2007 auction at Bonhams.

Catalogue notes:
Morris & Co.
An Important Lost Carpet for 1 Holland Park, circa 1883.
The royal blue field with central cream floral motif and all over scrolling vine and flowerhead pattern in cream and sky blue, enclosed by a scrolling leaf border with a flowing strawberry red vine and forest green tendrils with large leaves in sky and royal blue.
508cm x 131cm

I'm not sure if this is the same one mentioned in a recent posting on the blog, News from Anywhere (the blog of the William Morris Society) ... but, they are the same dimensions. The title of the blog entry is, The Lost William Morris Carpet of Holland Park is For Sale.

Information about 1 Holland Park from the blog entry:
"Alexander Ionides, the Greek Consul-General in London commissioned Phillip Webb and William Morris to transform his magnificent house, No. 1 Holland Park (now the Greek Embassy) into a showpiece of the decorative talents of William Morris and his circle. In the photograph of the Marble Hall (from the Studio, 1897) a magnificent Morris and Co. carpet may be seen. Ionides and Morris had a shared interest in Middle Eastern design, and Morris and Co bought dyes used for dying carpets from Ionides & Co., the family's textile firm.

Ionides's son, Alexander Ionides, inherited the house, which was sold ten years later by his widow to the trustees for the sixth Earl of Ilchester. After damage by incendiary bombs in World War II the property passed to London County Council in 1952. When the council decided to demolish what remained of the house in 1953 nothing of value was found in the interior.

Of the original furnishings in the house, a piano designed by Burne-Jones, a Morris carpet, and a tapestry designed by William Morris, Philip Webb and J. H. Dearle, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. ... A second Morris and Co. carpet, bought from Bonhams, London a number of years ago and listed in Malcolm Haslam's book, Arts and Crafts Carpets (1991), is currently for sale. It dates from ca. 1883 and measures 508 x 131 cm. For a private viewing in the Holland Park area contact Dominic Woods, alliedcentral@yahoo.com."
http://morrissociety.blogspot.com/
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(Update ... later today Grace posted a wonderful blog entry about her visit to the exhibit, Imperishable Beauty. She shares some lovely photos, including some showing the fantastic Morris & Co textiles she saw at the exhibit. -Link- )

John Henry Dearle, 1860–1932 - Greenery

Greenery (and details)
English, 1892
Designed by: John Henry Dearle, 1860–1932
For: Morris & Co., English
Wool and mohair; tapestry weave

Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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