About This Artwork

Designed by William Morris
English, 1834–1896
Produced by Morris & Company, 1875–1940
England, London
Woven at Merton Abbey Works, 1881–1940
England, Surrey, Wimbledon

Carpet from the Hall of the John J. Glessner House, Chicago, 1887

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile
472.3 x 333.4 cm (186 x 131 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, 1974.524

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Selected Textile Acquisitions since 1973," December 15, 1977–March 26, 1978

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

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries,"Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection," February 17–May 2, 1993

Publication History

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. The Department of Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1978), p. 23 (fig. 28).

Linda Parry. William Morris Textiles (New York: The Viking Press, 1983), p. 94.

Linda Parry. William Morris and The Arts and Crafts Movement (New York: Portland House, 1989), pl. 81.

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 104-5 (illus.), 147.

Pamela Todd. The Arts and Crafts Companion (New York: Bulfinch Press, 2004), p. 203.