Sunflower

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Artist/Maker	Morris & Co. (maker) Dearle, John Henry (designer)
Place of origin	Merton Abbey (made)

Furnishing sample of hand-loom jacquard woven woollen fabric. The design shows a full width and almost a full length repeat of a pattern of meandering sunflower stems with buds and flowerheads in shades of green and white on a dark green ground. The fabric has an all-over honeycomb texture to the weave.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Sample
Title	Sunflower (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Hand-loom jacquard woven wool Wool (Textile) Jacquard Weaving
Brief description	Furnishing sample of hand-loom jacquard woven woollen fabric 'Sunflower', designed by J. H. Dearle, made by Morris & Co. at Merton Abbey Works, ca. 1890
Physical description	Furnishing sample of hand-loom jacquard woven woollen fabric. The design shows a full width and almost a full length repeat of a pattern of meandering sunflower stems with buds and flowerheads in shades of green and white on a dark green ground. The fabric has an all-over honeycomb texture to the weave.
Dimensions	Width: 28.75in Width: 73cm Length: 48.5in Length: 123cm
Credit line	Given by Mrs Linda Parry
Object history	Registered File number 1985/84. This design was Morris & Co pattern number 1879 and was only woven in one colourway.
Subjects depicted	Sunflower Flowers
Bibliographic reference	Parry, Linda. William Morris Textiles. 1983, No. 73.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.93-1985

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O271048/sunflower-sample-dearle-john-henry/

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