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- Drawing
- WallArt
- Arts and Crafts
- 1860
- 19th Century
- 71.0 x 35.0 cm
- Galleria William Morris
Philip Speakman Webb (1831 – 1915)
Philip Speakman Webb (1831-1915): pioniere dell'architettura Arts & Crafts. Progettista di Red House, promosse semplicità, design vernacolare e bellezza artigianale. Esplora la sua influenza su Morris & Co. su WikiOO.
Galleria William Morris (Walthamstow, Regno Unito)
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This full-size drawing for an embroidered frieze was produced for Morris & Co. by Philip Webb in around 1860. Webb was primarily an architect, notably designing Morris’ Red House, but was also a gifted draughtsman with a particular interest in the natural world. As a young boy, he studied the illustrations of Thomas Bewick, the influence of whom remained evident throughout Webb’s artistic output. William Morris would often ask Webb to draw the animals within his designs for wallpapers, tapestries and textiles, recognising his superior skill. See for example ‘Trellis’, Morris’s first wallpaper design (William Morris Gallery BLA472), and ‘The Forest’, a large tapestry woven at Merton Abbey in 1887, which also incorporates a peacock into its design alongside Morris’s swirling acanthus leaves. The finished frieze, known as
Informazioni sull'opera
- Titolo: Design for
- Artista: Philip Speakman Webb
- Anno: 1860
- Dimensioni originali: 71.0 x 35.0 cm
- Formato: Tall
- Stato del copyright: Di pubblico dominio
- Dove vederlo: Galleria William Morris
- Tipo di tecnica: WallArt
- Periodo creativo: Early Period
- Contesto del corpus: natural world interest , textile and wallpaper pattern
Informazioni rapide
- Medium: Drawing
- Subject or theme: Nature and wildlife
- Movement: Arts and Crafts
- Notable elements: Peacock with spread feathers, birds
- Influences: Thomas Bewick
- Artistic style: Naturalistic draughtsmanship
- Dimensions: 71 x 35 cm
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