Pomona
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Figure design 1882, background design 1898, made 1906
Medium
Cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Dimensions
92.9 × 165.1 cm (36 1/2 × 65 in.)
Classification
weaving - tapestry
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76634
About the Artist
Sir Edward Burne-Jones · 1833–1898
Edward Coley Burne-Jones was born on 28 August 1833 in Birmingham, the son of a frame-maker, and lost his mother within a week of his birth. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and the Birmingham School of Art before proceeding to Exeter College, Oxford, in 1852, intending to study theology. At Oxford he formed a lifelong friendship with William Morris, and the two young men became intoxicat...