- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1525759
- Also known as:
- Society of Antiquaries of London - Kelmscott Manor
- Instance of:
- historic house museum; English country house; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 59
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q1525759/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Kelmscott Manor was left to the Society of Antiquaries by William Morris’s daughter May in her will of 1929, naming the Society as her residuary legatee. Her sister Jenny died in 1935, leaving her residuary estate to the Society to form the William and Jane Morris Fund. in 1962, the Society became residuary legatee of the entire Morris estate. The collections consist of about 550 items of furniture, textiles, ceramics and pictures. Some items were in the house when it was leased by Morris in 1871, some were brought to the Manor by May Morris before she died in 1938 and some items were brought to and acquired by the Manor following its restoration in the 1960s. Furniture includes original Morris and Co chairs, Ford Madox Brown green painted bedroom furniture, William Morris’s bed, tables and a settle designed by Philip Webb for Red House. Textiles include 15th and 16th century tapestries, Morris & Co carpets, embroideries by William Morris and the Acanthus & Vine tapestry worked entirely by him, the hangings of his bed and Daisy hangings from Red House. Ceramics include a collection of blue and white china and a William de Morgan lustre plate.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC