Panel
1890 (produced 1890/94)
Medium
Silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Dimensions
197.9 × 61.8 cm (77 7/8 × 24 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 97 cm (38 1/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
121994
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Sir Hubert von Herkomer, a Victorian-era painter of portraits and bucolic scenes, designed this panel as one component of a cohesive interior scheme for his home Lululaund, in England. The artist named the ornate Gothic Revival mansion in honor of his late wife, Lulu. Her name appears in the velvet design, beneath the scrolling banderole, which contains the Herkomer family motto, Propriis alis (By my own wings), written in Gothic script. The panel was woven by the artist’s uncle.