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A view of the main room of the exhibition showing:
Left: The acanthus bedcover or hanging designed by William Morris c1880 and worked by May Morris and others, c1900-1910. It is worked in darning stitch, long and short stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch, buttonhole stitch, couching and laid work in coloured silk thread on woollen felt cloth, and edged with silk cord.. It measures 98x79in, was part of May's own collection and was exhibited by her in Paris in 1914. Numerous versions (28) of this design, in varying stitches and colourways were produced and recorded in the Morris & Co Day Book. The panel would have been displayed on the bed during the day and be folded up at night - they were not usually wadded and quilted.
Centre: Design for Honeysuckle wallpaper in pencil on paper, c 1883. Of the three wallpapers May designed for Morris & Co this is her most popular and most enduring. The original design is heavily worked over in parts, suggesting that May perhaps sought help from her father in refining it.
Right: 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. Olive & Rose, designed by William Morris c 1880, was one of the Firm's most popular patterns. The kit was priced at £4 10s, which included stretching and mounting under glass.
May Morris Exhibn DSC05682
A view of the main room of the exhibition showing:
Left: The acanthus bedcover or hanging designed by William Morris c1880 and worked by May Morris and others, c1900-1910. It is worked in darning stitch, long and short stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch, buttonhole stitch, couching and laid work in coloured silk thread on woollen felt cloth, and edged with silk cord.. It measures 98x79in, was part of May's own collection and was exhibited by her in Paris in 1914. Numerous versions (28) of this design, in varying stitches and colourways were produced and recorded in the Morris & Co Day Book. The panel would have been displayed on the bed during the day and be folded up at night - they were not usually wadded and quilted.
Centre: Design for Honeysuckle wallpaper in pencil on paper, c 1883. Of the three wallpapers May designed for Morris & Co this is her most popular and most enduring. The original design is heavily worked over in parts, suggesting that May perhaps sought help from her father in refining it.
Right: 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. Olive & Rose, designed by William Morris c 1880, was one of the Firm's most popular patterns. The kit was priced at £4 10s, which included stretching and mounting under glass.