Acanthus

Textiles

Design 1876, made 1877–1917

Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)
Wardle & Co., Bridgnorth (English, 1875-1930)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: William Morris (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer) , Wardle & Co. (Printer)
Title: Acanthus
Places: London (Object made in), Prairie Avenue, 1800 South (Object made for), England (Object made in), Staffordshire (Object made in), Great Britain (Object made in)
Dates: Made 1877-1917 , Copyrighted 1876
Medium: Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut "velveteen"; block printed
Inscriptions: Selvedge (left): MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET
Dimensions: 32.9 × 68.3 cm (12 7/8 × 26 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Reference Number: 1978.192
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Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery,
Sumptuous Velvets from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 1–Sept. 28, 1980.

Frances Glessner (Mrs. John J. Glessner, born Sarah Frances Macbeth, 1848-1932) and John J. Glessner, Chicago, by 1923 [according to correspondence from William Tyre dated May 18, 2021 in curatorial file, fabric from wing chair in Glessner House bedroom recorded in 1923 photograph]; Chicago Architecture Foundation (now Glessner House Museum), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978.

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