Designs for a tapestry entitled 'The Forest', designed for Alexander Ionides: coloured sketch for a peacock
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Architect/Designer | Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)
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Artist/Photographer | Wardle, George Young (fl. 1857-1910) Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)
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Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1887 |
Image Date | 1886 |
Style | Arts & Crafts |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | PB92/WEBB[68]4 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour / B&W |
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Notes |
NOTES:
The tapestry was created for number 1 Holland Park, the home of Alexander Constantine Ionides, the art patron and collector, and was made by Morris & Co. on the Merton Abbey looms. The tapestry itself is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Subject tags
Animals, tapestries