About This Artwork

Designed by John Henry Dearle
English, 1860–1932
Produced by Morris & Company, 1875–1940
England, London
Woven and printed at Merton Abbey Works
England, Surrey, Wimbledon

Fragment Entitled "Cherwell" (Formerly a Furnishing Textile) from the John J. Glessner House, Chicago, 1887 (produced 1887/1917)

Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid "velveteen"; block printed
49.4 x 57.5 cm (19 1/2 x 22 5/8 in.)
Gift of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 1978.193




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