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Carnation
Faulkner, Kate - Enlarge image
Carnation
- Object:
Furnishing textile
- Place of origin:
Leek, England (manufactured)
- Date:
1875 (registered)
- Artist/Maker:
Faulkner, Kate (probably, designer)
Thomas Wardle, born 1831 - died 1909 (manufacturer)
Morris & Co. (retailer) - Materials and Techniques:
Block-printed cotton
- Credit Line:
Given by Miss Sue Tarran
- Museum number:
T.248-1984
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Furnishing textile of block-printed cotton of the 'Carnation' pattern with a Prussian-blue dye. Block-printed in a design of curving blue carnation flowers and stems on an all-over olive green ground of linear repeating floral decoration. In the remaining selvedge on the left hand side is printed with 'MORRIS & COMPANY. 26 QUEEN S'.
Place of Origin
Leek, England (manufactured)
Date
1875 (registered)
Artist/maker
Faulkner, Kate (probably, designer)
Thomas Wardle, born 1831 - died 1909 (manufacturer)
Morris & Co. (retailer)
Materials and Techniques
Block-printed cotton
Marks and inscriptions
'MORRIS & COMPANY. 26 QUEEN S'
Dimensions
Height: 16.6 cm, Width: 93.0 cm, Height: 6.5 in, Width: 36.75 in
Descriptive line
Furnishing textile 'Carnation' of block-printed cotton, probably designed by Kate Faulkner, registered on 15 October 1875, made for Morris & Co. by Thomas Wardle, Leek.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
Materials
Cotton (textile); Dye
Techniques
Block printing
Subjects depicted
Carnation
Categories
Textiles
Collection code
T&F
