Panel
ca. 1890 (designed), ca. 1900 (Sold)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This unfinished embroidery was bought as a kit from Morris & Co in the late nineteenth century. The firm sold embroideries in various levels of completion, as finished work, as kits complete with marked ground and silk and, more popularly, in this form with a small corner of the ground completed so that the recommended technique could be seen and followed at home. The stitches used include long and short, stem, outline and satin stitches.
This example was designed by William Morris's daughter May Morris, who managed the embroidery section of Morris & Co from 1885 until about 1896.
This example was designed by William Morris's daughter May Morris, who managed the embroidery section of Morris & Co from 1885 until about 1896.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Coloured silks and ink on cotton
Worked in stem stitch and darning stitch |
| Brief description | Panel, Rose Bush embroidery kit (started) with embroidered cotton in silks, designed by May Morris for Morris & Co., England, ca. 1890. |
| Physical description | Rose Bush embroidery kit (started) Coloured silks and ink on cotton Worked in stem stitch and darning stitch |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Vere Roberts |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This unfinished embroidery was bought as a kit from Morris & Co in the late nineteenth century. The firm sold embroideries in various levels of completion, as finished work, as kits complete with marked ground and silk and, more popularly, in this form with a small corner of the ground completed so that the recommended technique could be seen and followed at home. The stitches used include long and short, stem, outline and satin stitches. This example was designed by William Morris's daughter May Morris, who managed the embroidery section of Morris & Co from 1885 until about 1896. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.301-1960 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2004 |
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