Morris Tulip & Rose B
1876

A & B are similar and could be used together as a curtain, or a pair of hangings.

Tulip and Rose was designed by William Morris and registered on 20 January 1876.

Description

The thick 3 ply woven wool and linen has terracotta roses and full blown tulips in shaded pale blue with some smaller ochre half tulips, all on an indigo background.

6ft 8 in x 30 in; 1.90 x 69 cm;

Repeat 27 1/2 in; 70 cm.  There are 2 repeats.

Condition

B - The top 12 cm is the same as A.  On the left hand side, 60 cm from the bottom, there is a bite out out of the side and a hole.

Professionally cleaned.

Comments

William Morris Textiles. Linda Parry p 210, no 18. Circ.390A-1970.

Similar lengths are held at the Cooper Hewitt museum, New York.