About This Artwork

Designed by John Henry Dearle (English, 1860–1932) for Laurence W. Hodson
Produced by Morris & Company, Decorators Ltd., 1905–1925, formerly Morris & Company, 1875–1940
England, London
Woven and printed at Merton Abbey Works
England, Surrey, Wimbledon

Panel Entitled "Compton", 1896 (produced 1917/25)

Cotton, plain weave; block printed
85.6 x 79.2 cm (33 5/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Inscription (on selvage): REGD MORRIS & COMPANY
Restricted gift of Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken, 1972.393

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "A Selection of Fabrics from the 1880s–1940s from the Permanent Collection," November 13, 1982–February 15, 1983

Publication History

Gerald H. Crow. William Morris Designer (London: The Studio, Ltd., 1934), p. 91 (illus.).

Victoria & Albert Museum. William Morris (London, 1958), pl. 10 (illus. of wallpaper).

Asa Briggs. William Morris, Selected Writings and Designs (Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1962), pl. 20 (illus. of wallpaper).

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. "Recent Textile Accessions," Calendar of The Art Institute of Chicago 66, No. 5 (November-December 1972), p. 8.

Linda Parry. William Morris Textiles (New York: The Viking Press, 1983), p. 162 (illus. no. 86).




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