Panel

Textiles

1890 (produced 1890/94)

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.
—Modern Velvet: A Sense of Luxury in the Age of Industry, Oct 21, 2016-Mar 19, 2017, Galleries 57-59

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Hubert von Herkomer (Designer)
Title: Panel
Place: United States (Object made in)
Date: Designed 1890
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.)
Credit Line: Royalties from The Warner Fund
Reference Number: 1991.79
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