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Carnation

Furnishing Textile
1875 (registered)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCarnation (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Block-printed cotton
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
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
Bibliographic reference
Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
Collection
Accession number
T.248-1984

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Record createdJanuary 20, 2004
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