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Tapestry - Love leading the Pilgrim

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1912M52
Collection:Applied Art - Textiles
Date:1909 - 1909

Maker Information

Designer:Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Weaver:Morris & Co - View history

Notes

This tapestry, Love and the Pilgrim, was made in 1909 by Morris & Co and although Edward Burne-Jones died in 1898, its design and that of its pair, The Pilgrim in the Garden, was taken directly from his oil paintings. The subject was inspired by The Romaunt of the Rose, a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. This design had originally been conceived in the 1870s as one of five embroidered panels. The cloaked Pilgrim is being helped from a thicket of brambles by the winged figure of Love, who holds an arrow in her hand.

A photograph of this tapestry is found in the Morris & Co Showroom Catalogue, 1940P604.1, as number 154.

Presented by Mrs Christina Feeney, 1912.

Further Information

Production Period:20th Century
Medium:Wool and silk weft on cotton warp.
Material(s):Silk
Place of Origin:England

Dimensions

Height:1500 mm
Width:2635 mm

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