Acorn

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Artist/Maker	Morris & Co. (publisher) Morris, William (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Preliminary drawing for 'Acorn' wallpaper; Watercolour on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Designs
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Acorn (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour on paper Paper Watercolour Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Preliminary drawing for 'Acorn' wallpaper; Watercolour on paper; Designed by William Morris; Published by Morris & Co.; England; ca. 1879.
Physical description	Preliminary drawing for 'Acorn' wallpaper; Watercolour on paper.
Dimensions	Height: 102.5cm Width: 66.7cm Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Style	Arts and Crafts (Movement)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Miss Mary (May) Morris, daughter of the artist
Object history	Bequeathed by Miss Mary (May) Morris, daughter of the artist.
Production	Only part of the drawing appears to be by Morris; the repeat is evidently the work of assistants.
Associated objects	E.518-1919 (Object) E.519-1919 (Object) E.520-1919 (Object) E.816-1915 (Object) CIRC.282-1959 (Object)
Bibliographic reference	Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.38-1940

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Record created	June 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O251312/acorn-wallpaper-morris-william/

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