Wey

Textiles

Design c. 1883

Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)
Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: William Morris (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer) , Merton Abbey Works (Printer)
Title: Wey
Places: London (Object made in), England (Object made for), Great Britain (Object made in), Merton Abbey Works (Object made in)
Date: Designed 1883
Medium: Cotton, twill weave; block printed; two panels joined
Dimensions: 234.5 × 136.5 cm (92 3/8 × 49 3/4 in.); Repeat: 30.5 × 20.6 cm (12 × 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1989.563
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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.

Kurland-Zabar, New York, by Nov. 1989 [Permanent receipt RX18100 dated 11/13/1989 in curatorial file, Textiles Department]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1898.

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