The Prioress’s Tale Wardrobe/Pre-Raphaelites and the Book

The Prioress’s Tale Wardrobe

 

Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Prioress’s Tale Wardrobe 1858

 

This wardrobe was designed by Webb in 1857, and it was decorated by Sir Edward Burne-Jones with scenes taken from the tale told by the Prioress in the Canterbury Tales. It is made out of wood, 222cm high.

 

 

Pre-Raphaelites and the Book

 

 Many artists in the Pre-Raphaelite group not only designed and illustrated books, but they were also writers and poets. This installation includes books of poetry written by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris in 1848-1900, wood-engraved illustrations and materials related to the Kelmscott Press by Morris in 1891. These illustrated books from the press are displayed near Morris’ elaborate ornament designs and his manuscripts illumination which he was inspired from medieval times. These works are from the National Gallery of Art Library and Mark Samuels Lasner Collections, on loan to the University of Delaware Library.

 

id is - Ashmolean Museum. 2013. id is - Ashmolean Museum. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ashmolean.org/collections/highlights/?type=highlights&id=90&department=2. [Accessed 07 April 2013].

 

National Gallery of Art – Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900. 2013. National Gallery of Art – Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/preraphaelites.shtm. [Accessed 08 April 2013].