A Morris & Co silk embroidered panel

A Morris & Co silk embroidered panel, by Helen, Lady Lucas Tooth, the design attributed to John Henry Dearle the printed 'Oak' silk ground embroidered with peony stems and acanthus leaves in rich colours, framed unsigned 111 x 65cm. Provenance Private Collection, originally this panel was sold with two others, one panel had a slip of paper stating embroidered by Lady Lucas Tooth, Literature Linda Parry William Morris Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition catalogue page 248 number M.32 for four comparable pencil designs by Dearle. Linda Parry William Morris Textiles, Crescent page 30 for a similar portiere designed by Dearle circa 1890 embroidered by Mrs Battye also on an Oak pattern silk Helen, Lady Lucas Tooth embroidered a set of six Dearle designs between 1919 and 1923 which are now held in the William Morris Gallery collection, Walthamstow