Untitled

Maker Unknown

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Texile

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.6 x 22.9 cm.)

DescriptionRepeating onion-shapes in black - alternating three blue tulip flowers or pink irises inside them, outlined in wavy green vertical stripes; vines weaving up the stripes, punctuated by floral motif where stripes meet.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "1 - 6 [measuring repeat] / woven material"; recto upper right, various calculations; recto upper right in graphite: "54 = 6/4 / 72 = 8/4"; recto lower left in graphite, measuring repeat: "reduce 1/3rd"; verso left side in graphite: "13 ft = [British pound sign] 3"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1104