Border for a Table Cover or Valance

Textiles

Design 1890s

Design attributed to May Morris (English, 1862–1938)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: May Morris (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer)
Title: Border for a Table Cover or Valance
Places: England (Object made in), London (Object made in), Great Britain (Object made in)
Date: Designed 1890-1899
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in satin, surface satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching
Dimensions: Overall: 43.5 × 274.3 cm (17 1/8 × 108 in.); Image: 26.7 × 233 cm (10 1/2 × 91 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment
Reference Number: 1988.108
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Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1988–1992, Mar. 30–July 24, 1994.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Revival and Reform: A Growing 19th Century Textile Collection, Nov. 25, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999.
Art Institute of Chicago, Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty, Dec. 18, 2021–June 13, 2022, no cat.

Meg Andrews, Hertfordshire, England, by 1988 [Incoming receipt RX10713 12/16/1987 in curatorial file, Textiles Department]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

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