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Furnishing Fabric

1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of plain weave cotton block printed in two colours. It has a red ground with small spots and a vertical pattern of a pair of meandering and intertwining foliate stems. The latter bear stylised marigolds and smaller formalised florets outlined and detailed in red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of printed cotton 'Marigold', designed by William Morris for Morris & Co., Great Britain, and printed by Thomas Wardle, at Leek, 1875.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of plain weave cotton block printed in two colours. It has a red ground with small spots and a vertical pattern of a pair of meandering and intertwining foliate stems. The latter bear stylised marigolds and smaller formalised florets outlined and detailed in red.
Dimensions
  • Length: 57in
  • Width: 66.25in
  • Block length: 12in (approx.)
  • Block width: 9in
  • Length: 144.8cm
  • Width: 168.4cm
  • Block length: 30.5cm (approx.)
  • Block width: 22.8cm
  • Weight: 0.44kg
Credit line
Given by Lettice Rathbone
Collection
Accession number
T.167-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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