A large Morton Sundour woven wool gauze textile panel designed by Gavin Morton

A large Morton Sundour woven wool gauze textile panel designed by Gavin Morton, woven with flag iris in purple, inter-spaced with yellow and pink wild flowers with Art Nouveau linear foliage, repeat design, in pastel colours, framed and mounted

153 x 120cm (panel)

168.5 x 136cm (frame)

Provenance

Kerry Taylor Auctions,4th December 2012 lot 54

Private collection

Catalogue notes

This semi-transparent curtain fabric was woven by the firm of Morton Sundour, an off-shoot of Alexander Morton & Co. The parent company was established in Scotland in 1867 under the direction of James Morton (1867-1943) - the firm that supplied Liberty's and other leading stores with gauzes, textiles and carpets. It included amongst its designers Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, the Silver Studio and Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott. Gavin Morton (1867-1954) was the nephew of Alexander Morton and cousin of James who became chief designer for the firm. This panel was woven for the drawing room of his own house in Carlisle