/internal/media/dispatcher/1822362/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortière made from Morris & Co. Oak damask (one of four)1892–93May MorrisWilliam MorrisMorris & Co.257.8 x 99.1 cm (101 1/2 x 39 in.) (including fringe)Silk damask, embroidered with silk in darning, satin, stem, long-armed cross, buttonhole and couching, with silk fringe and cotton liningIn memory of J. S. and Sayde Z. Gordon from Myron K. and Natalie G. Stone1983.160d0Silk yarns embroidered on green floral damask "Oak" designed by William Morris for Morris & Co., 1880-1881. Signed "MM" (May Morris, daughter). Eight long-trunk fruit trees bearing plums, pomegranates, apples, oranges(?), cherry blossoms; climbing vines. Inscription at top of panel: LO SILKEN MY GARDEN and SILKEN MY SKY AND SILKEN MY APPLE BOUGHS HANGING ON HIGH.Textiles257.810515621015601601