Nineteen panels of 'Campion'
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Designer / Maker / Retailer
Designed by William Morris (1834-96)
Manufactured and retailed by Morris & Co. (1861-1940)
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Detail
Wool
Panel 1: 186 x 255 cm
Panel 2: 186 x 200 cm
Panel 3: 186 x 251 cm
Panel 4: 186 x 246 cm
Panel 5: 191 x 244 cm
Panel 6: 167 (top), 150 (bottom) x 226 cm
Panel 7: 170 x 251 cm
Panel 8: 78 x 251 cm
Panel 9: 64 x 254.5 cm
Panel 10: 61 x 253 cm
Panel 11: 71 x 252 cm
Panel 12: 62 x 56 cm
Panel 13: 77 x 250 cm
Panel 14: 250 x 101 (top), 83 cm (bottom) cm
Panel 15: 99 x 251 cm
Panel 16: four small strips, 24 x 79, 24 x 107 24 x 186 and 24 x 180 cm
Panel 17: 186 x 64 cm
Panel 18: 186 x 63 cm
Panel 19 186 x 66 cm
English (Merton Abbey), late nineteenth century
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Provenance
Private collection (since new), until 2018
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Condition
These panels, originally covering the walls of a library, have been professionally cleaned and, where necessary, repaired.
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Literature
Linda Parry, William Morris Textiles, 1983, p. 155, no. 44 (for an example of this pattern at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York)
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Note
The design for ‘Campion’ was registered 8 March 1883.
The pattern was conceived as a fabric, as well as for carpeting. It was used as wall-covering at 28, Bruton Street, London (Parry, op. cit., p. 155, no. 44).
These panels are available individually, as required.