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.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Stained glass: Amor and Alcestis, 1864
Date supported
1992
Medium and material
Painted, stained & leaded glass
Dimensions
48 x 54 cm
Grant
3000
Total cost
12840
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