Design for Wall Covering

Maker Unknown

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor, ink and graphite on paper

Dimensions13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (33.7 x 21.6 cm.)

DescriptionPaper is lined vertically, in between which lines appear figure eights of vines in yellow on pink ground, encompassing orange, green and blue stylized flowers, some in clusters. The meeting points of figure eights are marked with large orange flowers, partly colored, partly oulined in ink, partly sketched in pencil.

Inscribedrecto upper left: grid with numbers; recto upper right: "Designed For Stamped / leather W[?] 2/5"; recto: Distance between 2 of vertical liens marked with arrows and "18"; recto: Distance between 3 lines marked with arrows and "36"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.102