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.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Hubert von Herkomer (Designer) , Anton Herkomer (Weaver)
Title: Panel
Places: England (Object designed in), United States (Object made in)
Dates: Made 1890-1894 , Designed 1890
Medium: Silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Inscriptions: Inscription: PROPRIIS ALIS LULU
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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A.L. Baldry. Hubert von Herkomer R.A. A Study and a Biography (London: George Bell and Sons, 1901).
Fashion Institute of Technology. Extravagant Lengths: Velvet, Plush and Velveteen. November 19, 1991-January 11, 1992. Exhibition Brochure.

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Modern Velvet: A Sense of Luxury in the Age of Industry, October 21, 2016-March 19, 2017
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1988–1992, March 30–July 24, 1994
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Revival and Reform: A Growing 19th Century Textile Collection, November 25, 1998–February 28, 1999

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