A LARGE DUN EMER WOOL CARPET, the puice ground with central medallion with Celtic pattern, each decorated with exotic Celtic style birds on dark blue ground. 434 x 350cmNamed in honour of Emer, wife of Cúchulainn, the Dun Emer Guild was founded by

A LARGE DUN EMER WOOL CARPET, the puice ground with central medallion with Celtic pattern, each decorated with exotic Celtic style birds on dark blue ground. 434 x 350cmNamed in honour of Emer, wife of Cúchulainn, the Dun Emer Guild was founded by Lily and Elizabeth Yeats and Evelyn Gleeson in 1902. The work of the guild was influenced mainly by the prevailing Arts and Crafts movement of the period as well as by the Irish Celtic Revival, and the designs of William Morris. Located in Dundrum in Dublin, the guild produced an array of objects ranging from book bindings to tapestries. At its height, it employed around thirty local women producing works for both private commissions and large exhibitions and fairs. In 1904, the guild exhibited at the Irish Village in the St. Louis World’s Fair in Missouri, USA. The Yeats sisters later split from Gleeson and in 1908 began Cuala Industries, leaving Gleeson to retain the Dun Emer name.