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John Henry Dearle (1859 – 1932) began his 54 years of employment with Morris & Co working as a teenager in the firm's Oxford Street shop....

John Henry Dearle

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John Henry Dearle or J.

H. Dearle (London 1859 – 15 January 1932) was a Britishtextile and stained-glassdesigner trained by Pre-Raphaelite artist and craftsman William Morris.

As William Morris aged he turned over the supervision of Morris and Company to John Henry Dearle (1860-1932), known as Henry.

'Vine' silk embroidery by John Henry Dearle for Morris and Co. This magnificent embroidery is hung in our museum at Kelmscott House next to Dearle's original.

John Henry Dearle (1859 – 1932) began his 54 years of employment with Morris & Co working as a teenager in the firm's Oxford Street shop.

Apple design by John Henry Dearle.

This particular design by the great William Morris' successor John Henry Dearle, who became art director following Morris's death in 1896.

Dearle designed many of the later wallpapers and textiles released by Morris & Co., and contributed background and foliage patterns to tapestry designs featuring figures by Edward Burne-Jones and others. Beginning in his teens as a shop assistant and then design apprentice, Dearle rose to become Morris & Co.'s chief designer by 1890, creating designs for tapestries, embroidery, wallpapers, woven and printed textiles, stained glass, and carpets.

Following Morris's death in 1896, Dearle was appointed Art Director of the firm, and became its principal stained glass designer on the death of Burne-Jones in 1898.

Morris's reputation overshadowed Dearle's work throughout Dearle's career: