Pomegranate
Designerdesigned by
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Texile
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1895-1900
Mediumwatercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm.)
DescriptionSketch in black at upper left of cabbage-like flowers and large twining acanthus leaves, clusters of tulips at right and small pomegranates intertwined amonst foliage. Verso shows large sketches of leaf in orange pencil and dense floral sketch at upper right (this is different design from that on recto).
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "52";
recto upper rifht in graphite: "Tap. Hanging";
recto lower right in graphite: "44" x 28" well do.";
verso lower left in graphite by Sanford Berger: "POMEGRANATE / HAND-WOVEN TAPESTRY"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1119
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1895
Object number: 2000.5.446
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7
