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 (Artist's nationality:), 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
- Cotton, plain weave, block printed
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Inscriptions
- Selvage: REGD Morris & Company, 449 Oxford Street, W.
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Dimensions
- 279.7 × 97.8 cm (110 1/8 × 38 1/2 in.); Repeat: 94.5 × 45 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder
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Reference Number
- 1974.419a
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/47661/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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