Westward Ho! Embroidery, by May Morris (1862-1938), designer, and Jane Morris (1839-1914), embroiderer. Silk embroidery on unbleached linen, of 1885-86. 65.9 x W 106.1 cm. Collection: Kelmscott House, London, accession no. T117. Image credit: William Morris Society. Reproduced here via Art UK, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence (CC BY-NC). [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
This finished piece is described on the Arts and Crafts Hammersmith site as having "horizontally scrolling foliage with buds and small flower-heads on a mid-blue ground." The flowers and leaves suggest that these are poppies. A likely explanation of the title is given on the Hammersmith site as well — that the design was "made for the school of the same name in North Devon, which was attended from 1878 by the young Rudyard Kipling (Edward Burne-Jones’s nephew)." The little label attached to the lower left-hand corner identifies te piece simply as an "oblong mat." — Jacqueline Banerjee.
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Westward Ho! Embroidery. Art UK. Web. 20 February 2026.
Westward Ho! Embroidery. Arts and Crafts Hammersmith. Web. 20 February 2026.
Created 20 February 2026