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Gothic Pattern

Furnishing Fabric
1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric woven in a double cloth of pale and darker blue wool. With a large scale Gothic-inspired design of parallel meandering stems bearing large stylised flower heads and smaller leaf and fruit forms. Three fruits or buds branch off to the right of the stem and a leaf curves to the left. Small motifs independent of this design fill spaces in the ground. The material is made up as a small curtain.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Gothic Pattern
  • Musgrove
Materials and techniques
Wool
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Gothic Pattern' or 'Musgrove', of woollen double cloth, woven by Morris & Co., Great Britain, 1910
Physical description
Furnishing fabric woven in a double cloth of pale and darker blue wool. With a large scale Gothic-inspired design of parallel meandering stems bearing large stylised flower heads and smaller leaf and fruit forms. Three fruits or buds branch off to the right of the stem and a leaf curves to the left. Small motifs independent of this design fill spaces in the ground. The material is made up as a small curtain.
Dimensions
  • Repeat width: 10.75in
  • Repeat height: 22.75in
  • Loom width: 34in
  • Excluding hems height: 42in
  • Width: 50in
  • Weight: 0.92kg
Collection
Accession number
T.19-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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