Tudor Rose cushion cover

This cushion cover in a pattern called ‘Tudor Rose’ was designed by May Morris, youngest daughter of artist and reformer William Morris (1834-1896). Embroidery became a particularly important vehicle in William Morris’s attempts to raise the quality of decorative arts after industrialization had led to poor design, shoddy construction and a production-line mentality. Embroidery engaged both the mind and the hand of the sewer and in the process achieved Morris’s dream of a true partnership of designer and craftsperson working harmoniously with equal skill and creativity. The piece was executed with vegetable-dyed silk yarns by Dame Alice Mary Godman of South Lodge, Lower Beeding, Horsham, Sussex.

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