Lot 66

A VICTORIAN VELVET CURTAIN

DESIGNED BY JOHN HENRY DEARLE FOR MORRIS & CO., CIRCA 1887

Closed8 November 2009

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GBP 687

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A VICTORIAN VELVET CURTAIN
DESIGNED BY JOHN HENRY DEARLE FOR MORRIS & CO., CIRCA 1887
Depicting the 'Cherwell' pattern
85½ x 61 in. (217 x 155 cm.)

Specialist note

The meander pattern of chrysanthemum, carnations, rose and thistle, named 'Cherwell' was taken in part from William Morris designs and invented in 1887 by John Henry Dearle (d. 1932), art director of the woven and printed textile manufacture of Morris & Co., Oxford Street (L. Parry, William Morris Textiles, London, 1983, p. 157, no. 61)