Woven Fabric - Bird1877 – 1878 Accession number: 1941M421 Wool, hand loom, jacquard woven. Width: 1390 mm Height: 1720 mm InformationOn the 25 March 1877, William Morris wrote to Thomas Wardle,'I am studying birds now to see if I can't get some of them into my next design'. The watercolour design for this woven fabric is held by the The William Morris Society at Kelmscott House. A pair of Bird curtains is owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, from the house of Sydney Cockerell, Morris's secretary. May Morris also owned a set of curtains, also in the V&A, which are thought to have originated from Kelmscott House. 'Bird' was first manufactured at Queen Square and continued to be made at Merton Abbey.
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