Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty
Art Institute of Chicago
14 documented works
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Pomona
Figure design 1882, background design 1898, made 1906
Cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
92.9 × 165.1 cm (36 1/2 × 65 in.)
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William Morris
Strawberry Thief
Design 1883, made 1883–1917
Cotton; plain weave, block printed, wool trim with tassels
283 × 106 cm (111 1/2 × 41 3/4 in.); Repeat: 50.9 × 46 cm (20 × 18 1/8 in.)
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William Morris
Snakeshead
Design 1876, made 1925–40
Cotton, plain weave; block printed
69.9 × 96.5 cm (27 1/2 × 38 in.); Repeat: 32.2 × 21.5 cm (12 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
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William Morris
Marigold
Design 1875, made 1917–25
Cotton, plain weave; block printed
a: 72 × 48.5 cm (28 3/8 × 19 1/8 in.); Repeat: 22.8 × 22.8 cm (9 × 9 in.)
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May Morris
Border for a Table Cover or Valance
Design 1890s
Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in satin, surface satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching
Overall: 43.5 × 274.3 cm (17 1/8 × 108 in.); Image: 26.7 × 233 cm (10 1/2 × 91 3/4 in.)
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William Morris
Flowerpot Fire Screen
Design early 1880s
Wood, cotton or linen ground, silk floss
101.6 × 59.7 × 32.4 cm (40 × 23 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)
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Probably Florence, Italy
Fragment of Velvet
1401–50
Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
65.8 × 49.9 cm (27 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
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William Morris
Cray
Design 1884, made 1884–1917
Cotton, plain weave, block printed
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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William Morris
Kennet
Design 1883, made 1887
Silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts
92.8 × 69.6 cm (36 1/2 × 27 3/8 in.); Repeat: 59 × 17 cm (23 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
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William Morris
Kennett
Design 1883, made 1887
Silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts
94 × 69.5 cm (37 × 27 3/8 in.); Repeat: 59 × 17 cm (23 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
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William Morris
"Swan House" Carpet
Design c. 1883, made 1887
Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile
472.3 × 333.4 cm (186 × 131 1/4 in.)
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William Morris
Acanthus
Design 1876, made 1877–1917
Cotton, twill weave; block printed; two loom widths joined
265.5 × 131.1 cm (104 5/8 × 51 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 55.9 cm (22 in.)
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May Morris
Lotus
Design by 1888, made 1888
Silk, warp-float faced twill weave; embroidered in satin and stem stitches
Overall: 263.9 × 120.9 cm (103 7/8 × 47 5/8 in.); Embroidery: 257.2 × 113 cm (101 1/4 × 44 1/2 in.)
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William Morris
Peacock and Dragon
Design 1878
Wool, three-colored complementary weft, weft-float faced 3:1 twill weave; lined with linen, plain weave; two panels pieced
217.5 × 171.7 cm (85 5/8 × 67 5/8 in.); Repeat: 110.5 × 84.3 cm (43 1/2 × 33 1/8 in.)
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