Printed Fabric Design- Kennet
1883
Accession number: 1941P404
Pencil, watercolour on paper touched with white.
Width: 667 mm
Height: 1011 mm
Information
This pattern was first used as printed fabric, but also manufactured as a woven silk fabric and from 1898 as a Madras silk. Another design is in the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow.
- Purchased from Morris & Co through Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1940
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | William Morris | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bl: this is omitted on block/ br: No 6876 (ink)/ white pale blue/ yellow (pencil)/ Chintz (ink)/ r edge: A/B (ink)/ Kennet (pencil)/ Chintz (ink)/ 23 yards (pencil) ml: this/ verso: Kennett / 38/ Morris & Co/ Merton Abbey Works/ Surrey (ink)/ 17/ George Street/ Morris/ Hanover Square/ London W (oval stamp) | ||||
| Notes | - | - | - | |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Morris: Wallpapers and Textiles | |||
| - | Fermoy Gallery, King's Lynn Art Centre, King's Lynn, Norfolk | 1982-05-06 - 1982-06-05 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art and Design of William Morris | |||
| L F Day | 1899 | Easter Art Annual | p.12 |
| William Morris | |||
| G H Crow | 1934 | The Studio | p.90 |
| Textiles by William Morris and Morris & Co. 1861-1940 | |||
| E Leary, Mr Oliver Fairclough | 1981 | Thames and Hudson, London | p.96 |
| William Morris by Himself: Designs and Writings | |||
| Gillian Naylor | 1988 | - | p.258 repro |
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