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Minstrel

Panel
1872-1874 (made)
Artist/Maker
Morris & Co. (maker)
Morris, William (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Panel. A woman playing a lute. The figure set in square quarries with alternating stylised flowers. Silver-yellow. Grisaille, flesh tints and blue pot-metal.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Stained Glass
British Galleries
SCRAN
Object type
Panel
TitleMinstrel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stained and painted glass
Stained Glass
Brief description
Stained glass panel depicting a minstrel designed by William Morris, England, 1872-1874.
Physical description
Panel. A woman playing a lute. The figure set in square quarries with alternating stylised flowers. Silver-yellow. Grisaille, flesh tints and blue pot-metal.
Dimensions
  • In display frame height: 76.0cm
  • In display frame width: 47.4cm
  • In display frame depth: 3.2cm
Credit line
Given by Miss May Morris
Subjects depicted
Woman
Lute
Lutenist
Flower
Leaf
Bibliographic references
  • Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
  • Design Cities: 1851-2008. London: Design Museum, 2008, p.138
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.678-1923

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Record createdJuly 27, 1998
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8550/minstrel-panel-morris-william/
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