Viking Ship
Date1883-1884
Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
(British painter, 1833–1898)
Manufacturer
Morris and Company
(English furniture maker and design firm, 1875–1940)
MediumEnamelled stained glass, lead
Dimensions31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (80 × 80 cm)
frame: 37 × 37 × 1 1/2 in. (94 × 94 × 3.8 cm)
frame: 37 × 37 × 1 1/2 in. (94 × 94 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1985
Object number1985-26
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextMorris’ decorative arts company got under way in 1861. The early concentration on medieval design was gradually broadened to include other stylistic influences. Sometimes the style was dictated by the patron, as in the case of this stained glass piece, part of a larger window scheme for the Newport, Rhode Island, home of Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, a wealthy art patron. Her home, one of the earliest of the Newport Gilded Age “palaces,” was designed around a Viking theme, reflecting a local belief that the first Vikings on the continent landed nearby.
