Printed Fabric - Medway
1885
Accession number: 1941M423
Linen, indigo discharge and block printed.
Width: 945 mm
Height: 655 mm
Information
Fairclough and Leary site the influence of the diagonal arrangement in a 15th-century Italian cut velvet acquired in 1883 by the South Kensington Museum on Morris's designs of this period.
- Purchased from Morris & Co through Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1940
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Designer | William Morris | - |
| Manufacturer | - | Morris & Co |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regd. Morris & Company/ Decorators Ltd/ 17 George Street/ Hanover Square, London W1 (printed)/ 5741/ Medway /Blue/ 36 inches/ 6/6 yard/ 2714 (inscribed) | ||||
| Label | top right | - | - | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textiles by William Morris and Morris & Co. 1861-1940 | |||
| Emmeline Leary, Mr Oliver Fairclough | 1981 | Thames and Hudson, London | P29, p.36 |
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