WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917) - photo 1
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917) - photo 2
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917) - photo 3

WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917)

Lot 84
14.06.2023 16:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 964820
Lot 84 | WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917)
Estimate value
$ 18 000 – 22 000
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917)
Important 'Acanthus' Tile Panel, designed 1876
glazed ceramic
comprising sixty-six tiles65 in. (165.1 cm.) high, 36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) wide (sight)
67 ½ in. (171.5 cm.) high, 39 in. (99 cm.) wide, 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) deep (framed)some tiles marked ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY, POOLE, DORSET
Morris, W.




Provenance

Possibly from the set commissioned by George Devey, architect to the banker E.C. Baring, Baron Revelstoke, for Membland Hall, Devon.

Possibly acquired after the sale of the house in 1916 and before its demolition in the 1920s.

Richard Dennis, London.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above, 1996.



Literature

L. F. Day, "Decorative Art of William Morris and His Work," Easter Art Annual Art Journal Extra Number 1899, London, 1899, p. 19.

C. Wainwright, Architect - Designers, Pugin to Mackintosh, exh. cat., Fine Arts Society, London, 1981, p. 30.

G. Naylor, ed., William Morris by himself: designs and writings, London, 1988, pp. 168 (for a drawing), 169.

C. Gere and M. Whiteway, Nineteenth-Century Design, New York, 1994, p. 212.

R. Myers and H. Myers, William Morris Tiles: The Tile Designs of Morris and his Fellow-Workers, Somerset, 1996, p. 124, fig. 221 and 222 (for a watercolor of this design).

L. Parry, ed., William Morris, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, p. 193, cat. no. K.19.

A. Mason, ed., William Morris, London, 2021, p. 231, fig. X.21a (for a drawing of this design) and fig. X.21b.



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Artist:William Morris (1834 - 1896)
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic
Art style:Arts & Crafts (1880-1910)
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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