Uzlet

Geneviève Daël

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!"

Saint Laurent SS18

'Flora' embroidered in 1909 by Lady Cory (nee Lethbridge).

Embroidered in worsted wool and silk threads on linen.

'.....After an 1890s version of a woven tapestry - the original designed by the artist Edward Burne-Jones and designer William Morris in the mid 1880s. The tapestry design was reworked in the 1890s by Morris's head designer, John Henry Dearle, and it is his design which Lady Cory has copied.'