An embroidered hanging made in 1896 at the Haslemere Peasant Industries workshop in Surrey, an artisans collaborative started by Godfrey Blount in 1894. Haslemere Peasant Industries served as a marketing organization for local craftspeople and supported a London shop for the sale of work. This panel, one of the "Peasant Tapestries", is made using applique of linen on linen with the edging in linen thread. It was designed by Godfrey Blount.
A stenciled linen panel, characterized by soft colors and stylized motifs, designed and executed by George Walton in 1898. Panels such as this were used as wall decorations. This one, measuring about 2.5 by 6 feet was up over a door in the V&A.
The central courtyard of the Victoria & Albert Museum, William Morris's home away from home.....
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