Terms and conditions of use
Rose and lily
1893
Medium
silk, linen
Measurements
83.0 × 124.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs M. Legoe, 1979
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Ever since childhood, William Morris had been fascinated by textile design and its manufacture. He spent years experimenting with tapestries and printed textiles before embarking on the production of woven textiles in the 1870s, the most technically challenging period of his career. Morris spent time studying the woven textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the design of his Rose and lily textile was inspired by an early seventeenth-century Italian woven silk in the museum’s collection. Morris produced his last design for woven textiles in 1888, after which John Henry Dearle became responsible for this aspect of Morris & Co.’s production.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
none
Accession Number
D74-1979
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest