Design for Carpet

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

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Date1898-1902

Mediumgraphite, ink and watercolor on paper

Dimensions10 x 13 3/8 in. (25.4 x 34 cm.)

DescriptionRectangular panel, top left quarter of which is colored - white border with pink and blue flowers, green vine. Central panel is composed of pink flowers and green tendrils on blue ground.

Inscribedrecto upper left: "6' 0" x 3' 0" " [crossed out and written above is "6' 0" x 4' 0" "]; recto upper left: "Scale 1 1/2" = 1' "; recto upper right: "Ground of centre blue as McCulloch with light blue tracery running over as McC. other colours as McC. leaving out the fawy or brown colo Border white ground as sketch"; recto lower center: "This can be made 6x4 if approved"; recto lower left: "0 / 36685"; verso lower left: "Berger 18" on small circular sticker

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Label TextThis carpet design was made for George McCulloch (1852-1920), one of Morris & Company's most significant Australian clients. McCulloch ordered a set of the firm's Holy Grail tapestries in 1898 along with a special Hammersmith carpet for the same room. Inscriptions in the upper right corner of Dearle's design describe the client's preference for brighter colors than in earlier Morris examples, which generally had a deep indigo blue center with a contrasting red border.

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.88