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Tapestry: The Arming of the King

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Tapestry: The Arming of the King

Bernard Partridge (English, 1861–1945)

John Henry Dearle (1860–1932)

Reverend E. Dorling (English)

Morris & Co. (English)

1912–14

Object PlaceEngland

Medium/TechniqueWool and silk, tapestry weave

DimensionsOverall: 330.2 x 431.8 cm (130 x 170 in.)

Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund

Accession number2002.57

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ClassificationsTextiles

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Provenance1914 until at least 1922, Morris and Co., London [see note 1]. January 22, 1986, anonymous ("property of a gentleman") sale, Christie's, London, lot 191. Acquired on the London art market by S. Franses and Co., London; 2002, sold by Franses to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 2002)

NOTES:
[1] See Linda Parry, "The revival of the Merton Abbey Tapestry Works," Journal of the William Morris Society, vol. 5, no. 3 (Summer, 1983), p. 19 and p. 22, n. 9.

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