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Charlemagne

Embroidery Design
c.1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Morris, William (artist)
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. Design for an embroidered panel showing a standing figure identified as Charlemagne. c.1860


Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Embroidery
Textiles
Object type
Embroidery design
TitleCharlemagne (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Indian Ink
Pencil
Drawing
Brief description
William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. Design for an embroidered panel showing a standing figure identified as Charlemagne. c.1860
Dimensions
  • Height: 787mm
  • Width: 419mm
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.449-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O597767/charlemagne-embroidery-design-morris-william/
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