William Morris (1834-1896) for Morris & CoPair of 'Tulip and Rose' pattern hangings, design registered 1876Woven woollen 3-ply cloth, later-applied rope braidingUnsignedPanel 1: 190cm x 72cm, panel 2: 190cm x 69cm.ProvenanceThe property of John Kenworthy-Browne FSAJohn Kenworthy-Browne is an art historian specialising in architecture and sculpture, principally from the neoclassical period.  He was educated at Ampleforth College and Wadham College, Oxford, followed by the Courtauld Institute in London.  John was the first National Trust curator at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, which he opened to the public in 1961.  The Queen Mother visited Dyrham on 16th March 1962, and she was pictured with him outside the Assembly Rooms during the visit.  After his time at Dyrham, John joined Christie’s where he catalogued furniture, and it was at Christie’s that he first became fascinated with sculpture.  John has published numerous articles in Apollo, Burlington Magazine, The British Art Journal, Sculpture Journal and Country Life. He wrote the sculpture entries for The Age of Neo-Classicism Exhibition in 1972.  He also published Chippendale and his Contemporaries (1975), and he was the co-author of Three Centuries of Furniture (1972) and The Country House Guide (1979). His work on a publication on the British sculptor Joseph Nollekens was cut short by an accident, and it is for John’s care that the present lot is being sold.   LiteratureLinda Parry, William Morris Textiles, 1983, page 148 catalogue number 12 for an example in a different colour scheme.FootnoteSimilar panel held at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.