Compton

Textiles

Design 1896, made 1917–25

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: Compton
Places: London (Object made in), Merton Abbey Works (Object made in), England (Artist's nationality:), Great Britain (Object made in)
Dates: Copyrighted 1896 , Made 1917-1925
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed
Inscriptions: Selvage: REGD MORRIS & COMPANY
Dimensions: 85.6 × 79.2 cm (33 5/8 × 31 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken
Reference Number: 1972.393

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. “Recent Textile Accessions,” Calendar of The Art Institute of Chicago, 66, 5 (Nov.-Dec. 1972), 8.

Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, A Selection of Fabrics from the 1880s–1940s from the Permanent Collection, Nov. 13, 1982–Feb. 15, 1983.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 50, June 3, 1999-Feb. 16, 2000.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 50, Sept. 13, 2002-March 27, 2003.

Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York, by 1972 [Incoming receipt RX8579 dated 4/13/1972 in curatorial file, Textiles Department]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.

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