Lot 66
A VICTORIAN VELVET CURTAIN
DESIGNED BY JOHN HENRY DEARLE FOR MORRIS & CO., CIRCA 1887
Closed8 November 2009
Price Realised
GBP 687
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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)