May Morris Exhibn Olive & Rose Firescreen DSC05707
Detail from a firescreen, probably made by Morris & Co's embroidery department and mounted in their own fire screen frame. It is stitched with silk threads on silk and mounted in mahogany. It is worked in stem satin and darning stitch in a beautiful restrained colourway.
Olive & Rose, designed by William Morris c 1880, was one of the Firm's most popular patterns, available for more than 30 years. The kit was priced at £4 10s in the 1912 catalogue, which included stretching and mounting under glass.
The Day Book records that the design was ordered 13 times between 1892 and 1896, with 10 cushion kits for the Oxford Street shop.
May Morris Exhibn Olive & Rose Firescreen DSC05707
Detail from a firescreen, probably made by Morris & Co's embroidery department and mounted in their own fire screen frame. It is stitched with silk threads on silk and mounted in mahogany. It is worked in stem satin and darning stitch in a beautiful restrained colourway.
Olive & Rose, designed by William Morris c 1880, was one of the Firm's most popular patterns, available for more than 30 years. The kit was priced at £4 10s in the 1912 catalogue, which included stretching and mounting under glass.
The Day Book records that the design was ordered 13 times between 1892 and 1896, with 10 cushion kits for the Oxford Street shop.