Elaine

Physical description

A woman, full length, both arms upraised holding her long hair. Grass and flowers. Background of quarries with alternate lilies and poppies. Right and left, narrow borders of formal tulips (?).

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1870 (made)

Artist/maker

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (Sir), born 1833 - died 1898 (designer)
Morris & Co. (makers)

Materials and Techniques

Stained and painted glass

Dimensions

Height: 89.5 cm framed; supplied by SE, Width: 53.8 cm framed; supplied by SE, Height: 85.7 cm sight; supplied by SE, Width: 50.0 cm sight; supplied by SE

Descriptive line

Satined glass panel of Elaine designed by Edward Burne-Jones, England, 1870.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
Greene, Vivien, Margolin, Victor and Jacoby, Russell. Utopia matters: from brotherhoods to Bauhaus. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2010. 128 p., ill. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 23 January - 11 April 2010 and at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 30 April - 25 July 2010. ISBN 9780892074006

Exhibition History

Utopia Matters: From Brotherhood to Bauhaus (Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin 22/01/2010-11/04/2010)

Materials

Stained glass

Subjects depicted

Flower; Elaine

Categories

Stained Glass

Collection code

CER