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'Honeysuckle'

Curtain
1876 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Curtain of linen printed with William Morris' 'Honeysuckle' design. The ground block print is in brown on natural with outline hand embroidery in blue, gold, orange, peach, purple and yellow silks.

The fabric design shows large honeysuckle flowers and branches over a subsidiary all-over background pattern of palm-like foliage. The embroidery in long and short stitches covers only part of the print, worked on the main flower heads in orange, peach, yellow and purple, large leaves in green and the smaller leaves in gold, blue (now faded from green) and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title'Honeysuckle' (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton with silk embroidery
Brief description
Embroidered curtain of printed linen, 'Honeysuckle', made by Morris & Co, England, 1876
Physical description
Curtain of linen printed with William Morris' 'Honeysuckle' design. The ground block print is in brown on natural with outline hand embroidery in blue, gold, orange, peach, purple and yellow silks.

The fabric design shows large honeysuckle flowers and branches over a subsidiary all-over background pattern of palm-like foliage. The embroidery in long and short stitches covers only part of the print, worked on the main flower heads in orange, peach, yellow and purple, large leaves in green and the smaller leaves in gold, blue (now faded from green) and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Length: 56in
  • Width: 107.5in (maximum)
  • Width: 109.5in (minimum)
  • Weight: 1.56kg
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MORRIS AND COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET' (Stamped on selvedges)
  • '8-LEFT' (In ink on top left hand corner)
Collection
Accession number
T.262-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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