Sujet

'Decorations of the West Dining-Room, South Kensington Museum', c1865, (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Decorations of the West Dining-Room, South Kensington Museum', c1865, (1881). Design for panels, depicting female figures and decorative foliage. In the 1860s, museum director Henry Cole hired William Morris to design the 'Western' or 'Green' Dining Room (now the Morris Room) when the young designer was 31 and his firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., was relatively unknown. Morris suggested a scheme influenced by Gothic Revival features and Elizabethan-style panelling, and enlisted the help of his friend, painter Edward Burne-Jones, who used the signs of the zodiac for inspiration - the two female figures represent the Moon and Libra. Woodcut. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F36_458

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,1Mo (2,1Mo) / 30,5cm x 51,1cm / 3597 x 6033 (300dpi)

Mots clés

femmes personnes intérieur panneau panneaux arts la science art livre système solaire astronomie musée pièce lune feuillage conception décoratif lunaire astrologie Victorian siècle floral conception intérieure littérature zodiaque diner la pièce fleuri décoration intérieure Panneautage arts et métiers 19e siècle lambrissé B W salle à manger Balance dix-neuvième siècle The Print Collector Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones William Morris engraving woodcut wood engraving Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown Henry V&A Morris Morris & Co Marshall Cole Morris and Co Henry Cole Sir Henry Cole Arts & Crafts Movement V&A Museum Sampson Low Burne-Jones Edward Coley Edward Burne-Jones Burne-Jones Edward Edward Coley Burne-Jones Burne-Jones Sir Edward Coley Sir Edward Burne-Jones The South Kensington Museum Marston Morris William