FDA-A.81:1-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.81:1-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Angeli Ministrantes
Description
Left panel of a pair of tapestry panels; design shows two angels wearing cloaks and holding staffs, coats of arms, foliage and trees.
Comments
This tapestry is one of a pair woven at Merton Abbey Mills in south London. The original cartoons, based on designs for stained glass in the south choir aisle of Salisbury Cathedral (1877-79), are in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
The verdure panels below the angels are adapted from the Holy Grail tapestries that Morris wove for Stanmore Hall, Uxbridge, in 1891-94.
The tapestry was made by (Benjamin) John Martin (born c.1872), Robert Uther Ellis (born c.1876) and Walter Taylor (born c.1876).
The verdure panels below the angels are adapted from the Holy Grail tapestries that Morris wove for Stanmore Hall, Uxbridge, in 1891-94.
The tapestry was made by (Benjamin) John Martin (born c.1872), Robert Uther Ellis (born c.1876) and Walter Taylor (born c.1876).
Description
Content (note)
Lettering along upper edge: 'curavit j.h.dearle. texuerunt w.taylor. r.ellis. j.martin. nobis nostris que omnibus propitietur deus'
Lettering along central scroll: 'benedicite.duo.omnes.virtutes.ejus.ministri / ejus.qui.facitis.voluntatem.ejus'
Lettering along central scroll: 'benedicite.duo.omnes.virtutes.ejus.ministri / ejus.qui.facitis.voluntatem.ejus'
Dimensions
height (actual size): 179in
width (actual size): 106in
width (actual size): 106in
Materials & techniques note
Woven in wools and silks
Physical description
Stylised foliage and flowerheads and with a forest beyond
Production
Person
Date
1904
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by Eton College in c.1904
References
• Marchier, H. C., History of the Merton Abbey Tapestry Works, 1927 (p.159)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976
