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William Morris's increasing interest in historical woven textiles can be detected in his woven designs of the late 1870s and 1880s. This textile was clearly influenced by a visit to Vincent Robinson's shop in London in the same year it was designed. He described the room he saw there as 'from Damascus ... all  vermilion and gold and ultramarine very beautiful and is just like going into the Arabian Nights'.  However, the massive scale of the repeat (109 by 90 centimetres) and  dense texture is far closer to northern European sources.  By producing it as a thick woollen structure, Morris intended to recreate the effect of medieval tapestries. \r\n\r\nUsed in a number of schemes, including Morris's own London home, Kelmscott House in Hammersmith, London, this example is from a set of four curtains used in the hall at Clouds, the Hon. Percy Wyndham's country home near Salisbury, Wiltshire. This pattern proved to be one of Morris & Co.'s  most successful furnishings. When purchased from their shop at 17 George Street, Hanover Square, London, in 1933, the firm described the design as 'a favourite with its author, [it] requires a large room to set it off its proportions'.","physicalDescription":"Pair of woollen curtains woven with the 'Peacock and Dragon' pattern of pairs of dragons and peacocks and interlacing floral branches","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Morris, William","id":"A8676"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Morris & Co.","id":"A1365"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wool","id":"x40131"}],"techniques":[{"text":"jacquard weaving","id":"x40508"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hand-loom jacquard-woven woollen twill, with braid trimmings","categories":[{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"},{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"}],"styles":[{"text":"Art Nouveau","id":"AAT21430"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AM8427","2006AT6997","2012FH8206","2018KR6304"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125F (VA)","id":"THES49213"},"free":"","case":"WS","shelf":"","box":"19"},{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES325614"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Curtain","id":""}],[{"text":"Curtain","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1878","earliest":"1878-01-01","latest":"1878-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"396","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"353","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Publication;","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Supplied for the Hall of Clouds, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, designed by Philip Webb between 1881 and 1886 and decorated by Morris & Co. for the Hon. Percy WyndhamDesigned by William Morris  (born in London, 1834, died there in 1896) and manufactured by Morris & Co., London","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Peacock and Dragon', pair of curtains, woven wool, British, designed by Willliam Morris for Morris & Co., 1878","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000","id":"AUTH352192"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Parry, Linda, ed. <font -u>William Morris</font>. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. 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