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[edit]Curtain, pair
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| Artist |
Morris & Co.; Merton Abbey; John Henry Dearle |
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| Title |
Curtain, pair |
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| Object type | Classification: NM3.1774 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Curtain, pair hand-loomed jacquard woven woollen curtains of `squirrel' or `fox and grape' pattern, original metal hooks. Purchased by C R Ashbee from Morris and Co (address above), for his in-law's house, c.1898-1902, (thence by descent) to Felicity Ashbee, daughter of Charles Robert and Janet Ashbee. |
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| Date | between circa 1898 and circa 1902; Feb 1989; 1992; Arts and Crafts-Contemporary Age-European and British-art and design period; Victorian-Contemporary Age-European and British-art and design period | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Woven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
width: 2220mm |
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| Accession number |
1992.260 |
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| Place of creation | Merton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | purchased with funds provided by the Charles Edgar Disney Art Trust, 1989, collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1992.26, T1428, 1995x1.727.1, 1995x1.727.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Like AWN Pugin, John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) admired the crafts of the Middle Ages and saw the decorative arts as a vehicle for enlightenment and social change. Ruskin admired the dialogue between artisans and materials. He blamed industrialisation and materialism for helping create poverty, inequality and misery, and saw meaningful work as a means to alleviate it. Ruskin advocated no particular style or set of rules for designers to follow other than that the work be a unique creation reflecting the skill pride and efforts of the craftsman. William Morris (1834 – 1896) was deeply moved by Ruskin's ideas concerning the relationship between art and social reform. As an artisan he concentrated upon the design of windows, painted decoration of wooden furniture and ceramic tiles, embroidery, wallpapers, carpets and printed fabrics. Whether directly or indirectly involved in the actual production Morris advocated close collaboration between designer and craftsman and refused to use machines. William Morris expanded his business ventures in 1881 to include the weaving and dyeing workshops at Merton Abbey. These hand-woven Jacquard weave curtains of ‘squirrel' or ‘fox and grape' pattern draw inspiration from English gardens and animals as well as Italian, Persian and Turkish textiles. John Dearle joined Morris and Co. in 1878 as an assistant in the firm’s retail shop but his talents as a draughtsman were soon recognised. Dearle contributed designs for wallpaper, textiles, and tapestry and eventually took over as artistic director of the firm after Morris' death in 1896. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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