Design for a Lampshade
Maker
Unknown, British
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumgraphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions19 x 17 1/2 in. (48.3 x 44.5 cm.)
DescriptionPentagon shape, divided into nine parts, largest which is filled in in watercolors, showing a green vine with red flowers and smaller blue flowers with yellow stems and leaves; some of the design is picked through in outline, as if for embroidery.
Verso: a pair of leaves and diamond shape.
Inscribedrecto upper right : "DESIGN for a SILK LAMPSHADE";
calculations at right
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.573
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.16
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
