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Lot 53
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$ 50 400
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ID 964824
Lot 53 | MORRIS & CO.
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
MORRIS & CO.
'Montreal' Carpet, circa 1900
designed by John Henry Dearle, England
hand-knotted wool15 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. (459.7 cm. x 396.2 cm.)
Morris & Co.




Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 December 1990, lot 240.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

L. Parry, William Morris Textiles, New York, 1983, pp. 74-99 (for a discussion of this design).

E. Wilhide, William Morris: Decor and Design, New York, 1991, p. 90 (for a period photograph of the drawing room at Stanmore Hall with a related example).



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