About this artwork
Cray was the most complex of the large-scale designs named for rivers in that it required 34 printing blocks—more than any other. The two examples of Cray in the collection [1974.419a and 2018.827] appear to have been made with different sets of printing blocks, as the size of the pattern is slightly different in length and width.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- William Morris (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer) , Merton Abbey Works (Printer)
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Title
- Cray
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Places
- England (Object made in), London (Object made in), Merton Abbey Works (Object made in), Great Britain (Object made in)
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Dates
- Designed 1884 , Made 1884-1917
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Medium
- Block printed cotton
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Inscriptions
- Selvedges: REGD MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET LONDON W (wavy)
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Dimensions
- 142.9 × 94.6 cm (56 1/4 × 37 1/4 in.); Repeat: 92 × 45 cm (36 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation
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Reference Number
- 2018.827
Extended information about this artwork
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