拍品专文
John Henry Dearle (1859-1932) was a proficient designer of textiles, tapestries and stained glass. Dearle joined Morris & Co. in 1878, producing designs both in the manner of Morris, as well as his own style, inspired by Eastern aesthetics and historical textiles. As time went on his work became characterized by simplified two-dimensional interpretations of nature (Parry, pp. 70-71). Dearle took over as principal designer at Morris & Co. upon Morris's death in 1896. For further information on this design, see L. Parry, William Morris Textiles, New York, 1994, p. 160, pl. 74.