Printed Fabric Design - The Wreathnet
1882
Accession number: 1941P416
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil on paper.
Width: 350 mm
Height: 379 mm
Information
This design was registered on the 31 October 1882, the year after Moriis & Co moved to Merton Abbey, near Wimbledon in London. It is one of a small group of designs of this period with a repeat design of less than six inches. The Victoria and Albert Museum also has this design.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wreath Net/ Chinz/ 33/ white block/ light blue block/ where the white & light blue blocks come together as in/ the leaves at x the white/ must print to the exact sizes/shown, the light blue must slightly overlap the white (front, ink)// Wreathh Net/ 33/ Morris & Co/ merton Abbey Works/ Surrey.(verso, ink) | ||||
| Notes | - | Handwritten | - | Ink |
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