Apple

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

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Textile

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1897

Mediumwatercolor on paper

Dimensions13 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (34.3 x 37.5 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for fabric. Design of apples and acanthus leaves and small daisy clusters interwoven on brown ground. Apples placed at center of cluster of five leaves. Some sketches for leaves elsewhere on the paper. sketch in graphite on verso of four squares joined to form large square.

InscribedInscribed on recto at top in graphite [scrathed out]: apple tree

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1810