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.
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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)
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Title
- Cray
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Places
- Merton Abbey Works (Object made in:), London (Object made in:), England (Artist's nationality:), Great Britain (Object made in:)
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Dates
- Designed 1884 , Made 1925-1940
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Medium
- Block printed cotton
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Inscriptions
- Label (attached to front): Morris & Company New standard Cray 2015 15/5/35 Printed on back: No Price Width Morris & Company Art-Workers Ltd. 17 George Street, Hanover Square. W.1.
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Dimensions
- 34.3 × 48.3 cm (13 1/2 × 19 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
- 2018.828
Extended information about this artwork
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