Stained glass: Amor and Alcestis

Morris & Co (active 1875 - 1940)

William Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift

1864

One of a series depicting characters from Chaucer's 'Legend of Goode Wimmen', this panel was designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and the border designed by Philip Webb. It is an example of the influential collaboration of Morris as colourist and Burne-Jones as designer, who together produced much of the finest stained glass of the period, and whose non-ecclesiastical commissions did much to popularise the use of stained glass in a domestic setting.

• Artists Include:
• Sir Edward Burne-Jones

• Medium: painted, stained & leaded glass
• Dimensions: 48 x 54 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3000 ( Total: £12,840)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Christie's, 20/2/91.

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