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Gwendolen in the Witch-tower [design for the back of an armchair]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1860 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: oil on wood
Dimensions: 55 5/8 x 17 x 17 1/2 in.

Production Description

Production Date: 1860 (circa)

Provenance

Current Location: Delaware Art Museum
Archival History: The chairs passed from William Morris to Captain James Heathcote as part of the purchase price of Red House, Kent, in 1866; sold in 1999 through Christie's by the Heathcote family; Delaware Art Museum

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is one from a pair of chairs that Morris and DGR designed and decorated; the companion to this chair is The Arming of the Knight .

Bibliography

Gwendolen in the Witch-tower [design for the back of an armchair]
Copyright: ©Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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