Ariadne
Tile
1864 - ca.1870 (designed), 1868 - ca.1870 (made)
1864 - ca.1870 (designed), 1868 - ca.1870 (made)
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From a series of tiles based on Chaucer's Legend of Goode Wimmen.This panel is one of two acquired by the Museum from 1 Palace Green, the London house of George Howard, the Earl of Carlisle. As tiles, Chaucer's Legend of Goode Wimmen first appeared on a fireplace in Sandroyd, the house designed by Philip Webb for the painter J.R. Spencer Stanhope in 1860 and furnished thereafter. The skilfully decoarted framing Scroll-pattern tiles with special border painted for the Palace Green commission are the only know examples painted at Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. All other examples of the pattern, and many variations, are Dutch-made.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | hand-painted in various colours (the figure) and blue (Scroll) on tin-glazed earthenware Dutch blanks. |
| Brief description | Tile panel, 'Ariadne', designed by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, 1864-1870s, from 1 Palace Gardens. |
| Physical description | 3 tiles painted with a female figure holding a ball of thread, and 10 border tiles painted with a foliate design. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Crown Estate Commissioners |
| Object history | From 1 Palace Green, London (1st floor front room fire-place) Decorated for the Earl of Carlisle. |
| Production | Figure designed by Edward Burne-Jones in 1864 and border tiles by Morris in Ca.1870. Painted on Dutch blanks. |
| Literary reference | Legend of Good Women |
| Summary | From a series of tiles based on Chaucer's Legend of Goode Wimmen.This panel is one of two acquired by the Museum from 1 Palace Green, the London house of George Howard, the Earl of Carlisle. As tiles, Chaucer's Legend of Goode Wimmen first appeared on a fireplace in Sandroyd, the house designed by Philip Webb for the painter J.R. Spencer Stanhope in 1860 and furnished thereafter. The skilfully decoarted framing Scroll-pattern tiles with special border painted for the Palace Green commission are the only know examples painted at Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. All other examples of the pattern, and many variations, are Dutch-made. |
| Associated object | CIRC.530-1962 (Ensemble) |
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| Accession number | CIRC.531-1962 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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