Kennett

Textiles

Design 1883, made 1887

Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)
Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940)

The Kennet pattern was originally made in three different techniques: woven silk, printed cotton, and printed velveteen. These two silk panels [1971.682a,b] are all that remains of floor-to-ceiling window curtains from the parlor of Glessner House on Prairie Avenue in Chicago.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: William Morris (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer) , Merton Abbey Works (Weaver)
Title: Kennett, Curtain from the Parlor of the John J. Glessner House, Chicago
Places: London (Object made in:), Prairie Avenue, 1800 South (Object made for:), Merton Abbey Works (Object made in:), England (Artist's nationality:), Great Britain (Object made in:)
Dates: Made 1887 , Copyrighted 1883
Medium: Silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts
Dimensions: 94 × 69.5 cm (37 × 27 3/8 in.); Repeat: 59 × 17 cm (23 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder
Reference Number: 1971.682a
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Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions since 1967, Jul. 10, 1972–Apr. 30, 1973.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Revival and Reform: A Growing 19th Century Textile Collection, Nov. 25, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 50, Islamic Gallery, Mar. 2-Oct. 12, 2015.
Art Institute of Chicago, Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty, Dec. 18, 2021–June 13, 2022, no cat.

Frances Glessner (Mrs. John J. Glessner, born Sarah Frances Macbeth, 1848-1932), and John J. Glessner (1843-1936), Chicago, from April 1887 [according to information provided by William Tyre dated May 18, 2021 and Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder in correspondence dated 08/18/1977 in curatorial file, purchased at Marshall Field’s, Chicago, April 16, 1887 and installed in parlor of Glessner House, Prairie Street, Chicago, recorded in Mrs. Glessner’s personal dairy; photographed c. 1890 in situ]; by descent to their daughter, Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962), NH, from 1936; by descent to her daughter, Martha Batchelder (Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, born Martha Lee, b. 1906), Milton, MA, from 1962 [Incoming receipt RX8257 dated 09/30/1971 in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.

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