Carnation

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Artist/Maker	Morris & Co. (retailer) Kate Faulkner (designer) Wardle, Thomas (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Leek (manufactured)

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'.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Furnishing textile
Title	Carnation (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Block-printed cotton Cotton (Textile) Dye Block-Printing
Brief description	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.
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'.
Dimensions	Height: 16.6cm Width: 93.0cm Height: 6.5in Width: 36.75in
Style	Arts and Crafts
Marks and inscriptions	'MORRIS & COMPANY. 26 QUEEN S' (Printed on the selvedge on the left hand side )
Credit line	Given by Miss Sue Tarran
Subject depicted	Carnation
Bibliographic reference	Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.248-1984

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Record created	January 20, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O89767/carnation-furnishing-textile-kate-faulkner/

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