New Persian

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Texile

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1905

Mediumwatercolor on paper

Dimensions14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm.)

DescriptionHalf of two repeating ogees, composed of green vines, and punctuated with large pink flowers, with smaller blue flowers at end of vines. Onion-shaped flowers are placed at where medallions join. The rest of the pattern is sketched roughly in graphite.

Inscribedrecto down left side of design in graphite: "26" at most"; recto upper center in graphite: "6 3/4"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.9