WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)

Lot 13
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ID 964858
Lot 13 | WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)
'Hammersmith' Rug, circa 1880
with original macrame knotted fringe
hand-knotted wool7 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. (213.4 cm. x 137.2 cm.)
woven with Hammersmith cypher hammer
Morris, W.




Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 May 1995, lot 19.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

R. Watkinson, William Morris as Designer, London, 1967, pl. 54 (for a related example).

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

L. Parry, William Morris, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, p. 279, no. M.102.

P. Todd, William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Home, London, 2005, p. 100.



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