Cherwell

Textiles

Design 1887, made 1887–1917

Designed by John Henry Dearle (English, 1860–1932)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)
Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: John Henry Dearle (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer) , Merton Abbey Works (Printer)
Title: Cherwell
Places: Merton Abbey Works (Object made in), England (Artist's nationality), London (Object made in), Great Britain (Object made in)
Dates: Made 1887-1917 , Designed 1887
Medium: Block printed cotton velveteen
Inscriptions: Selvage (partial): OXFORD STREET LONDON W
Dimensions: 49.5 × 54 cm (19 1/2 × 21 1/4 in.) Repeat: 100 × 65.5 cm (39 1/3 × 25 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation
Reference Number: 2018.842

Haslam & Whiteway, London, by 2007; sold to Crab Tree Farm Foundation, Lake Bluff, IL, 6 Sept. 2007 [Crab Tree Farm Foundation catalog record, copy in curatorial files]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

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