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Tulip and Lily

Sample
1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carpet sample of machine-woven three-ply woollen Kidderminster-type. With horizontal rows of tulips alternating with five-petalled flowers in shades of white and yellow in alternate rows. The leaves and background counterchange in two shades of green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTulip and Lily (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Machine-woven wool
Brief description
Carpet sample 'Tulip and Lily' of machine-woven wool, designed by William Morris, manufactured by the Heckmondwike Manufacturing Company for Morris & Co., West Yorkshire, 1875
Physical description
Carpet sample of machine-woven three-ply woollen Kidderminster-type. With horizontal rows of tulips alternating with five-petalled flowers in shades of white and yellow in alternate rows. The leaves and background counterchange in two shades of green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.4cm
  • Width: 85.2cm
  • Repeat height: 35.5cm
  • Repeat width: 23.0cm
  • Weight: 0.62kg
  • Length: 23in
  • Width: 33.5in
Style
Credit line
Given by Miss D. Walker
Bibliographic reference
Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
Collection
Accession number
T.101-1953

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2004
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