'The Awakening Castle' from 'Sleeping Beauty'
Datec. 1865
Manufacturer
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (1861–1875)
(English furniture maker and design firm, 1875–1940)
Designer
Edward Burne-Jones
(British painter, 1833–1898)
Designer
William Morris
(English designer, writer, and activist, 1834–1896)
Illustrated by
Lucy Faulkner
(British tile painter, engraver, and embroiderer, 1839–1910)
MediumHand painted polychrome decoration in overglaze enamel on tin-glazed Dutch tile
Dimensionsleft: 6 × 6 × 5/16 in. (15.2 × 15.2 × 0.8 cm)
right: 5 15/16 × 6 × 5/16 in. (15.1 × 15.2 × 0.8 cm)
overall: 12 1/16 × 6 1/16 in. (30.6 × 15.4 cm)
frame: 10 3/4 × 16 3/4 in. (27.3 × 42.5 cm)
right: 5 15/16 × 6 × 5/16 in. (15.1 × 15.2 × 0.8 cm)
overall: 12 1/16 × 6 1/16 in. (30.6 × 15.4 cm)
frame: 10 3/4 × 16 3/4 in. (27.3 × 42.5 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2021
Object number2021-31
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextThese two tiles depict the awakening castle after 100 years of sleep, caused by an evil spell in the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. The tiles formed part of a series detailing the story, commissioned for the home of artist Myles Birket Foster. It was an important project for the young decorative arts firm to which many of the Pre-Raphaelites contributed. They may have been painted by Lucy Faulkner, sister to Charles Faulkner, a partner in the Firm.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (1861–1875)
c. 1865
