Pair of 'bird' curtains, 1878 (designed)

Jacquard-woven woolen double cloth, woven after 1878
Made by Merton Abbey Workshop for Morris & Co.
h. 298 cm - w. 175 cm

PROVENANCE : Collection of Mrs. Lucius Gubbins, Eastbourne, UK, presumably acquired directly from the Morris & Co. firm in the 1920's.

SIMILAR PIECES : Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Musée d'Orsay, Paris - Fine Art Museum of San Francisco - William Morris Gallery, London.