Frances Glessner was an avid embroiderer and made a number of decorative textiles for her house on Prairie Avenue. This large panel, which was a door curtain or portiere, was one of four such curtains used in the parlor of the house. In a diary entry of November 17, 1888, she wrote, “My curtains came home from the Decorative Arts Society,” which makes it clear that the design was purchased from Morris & Co. but embroidered in Chicago by members of the Decorative Arts Society, probably supervised by Mrs. Glessner.
Lotus
May Morris
- Arts and Crafts Movement
- silk (textile)
- embroidering
- textile
- floral
- needlework (visual works)
- twill weaving
- british
- 19th century
- British Arts and Crafts Movement
- lotus
- natural dye