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Brother Rabbit

Furnishing Textile
1880-1881 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Morris, William (designer)
Place of origin
Merton Abbey (manufactured)

Sample of Brother Rabbit furnishing textile, also sometimes known as Brer Rabbit.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Access_to_Images 2003
SCRAN
Object type
Furnishing textile
TitleBrother Rabbit (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Indigo-discharged and block-printed cotton
Brief description
Sample of Brother Rabbit furnishing textile, designed by William Morris, 1880-1881, Merton Abbey
Physical description
Sample of Brother Rabbit furnishing textile, also sometimes known as Brer Rabbit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 64cm (Maximum) (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Width: 92cm (Note: Measured by conservation)
Subjects depicted
Rabbits
Trees
Birds
Bibliographic references
  • Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.648-1919

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O89660/brother-rabbit-furnishing-textile-morris-william/
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