Honeycomb woven wool

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Date: designed 1876
Dimensions: 63.5 x 133.4
Object Type: textile
Material: woven wool
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: F27
Designer: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: WMG purchase, 1940

Woven wool treble cloth with warp in shades of dark & light blues and weft in cream with dark & light blue and pale green. The pattern was produced in range of materials, such as 3-ply carpeting and fabric, woven silk and wool, woven wool and cotton. This 3-ply woven wool was originally manufactured for Morris & Co by Heckmondwike Manufacturing Company, Yorkshire, England, and later at Merton Abbey.

Details

Date: designed 1878
Dimensions: 30 x 18
Object Type: textile
Material: woven wool
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: F283d
Designer: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Presented by Mr Roman Damata, 1969

William Morris designed Bird woven wool in 1878. The pattern features pairs of birds, both standing and in flight, surrounded by scrolling acanthus leaves and yellow sunflowers. For earlier designs, Morris had relied on Philip Webb to draw the birds, as seen in the Trellis wallpaper. However, on 25 March 1877, Morris wrote to his friend, the textile manufacturer Thomas Wardle (1831–1909), stating: ‘I am studying birds now to see if I can’t get some of them into my next design.’ Bird is the first in a series of textile designs by Morris to feature his own drawings of birds.

In April 1878, around the time this design was created, Morris moved into Kelmscott House in Hammersmith, where he subsequently adorned every wall of the first-floor drawing room with Bird woven wool curtains.

The original design is held in the collection of the William Morris Society, London (D31).

Details

Date: designed 1878
Object Type: textile
Material: woven wool
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: F283c
Designer: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Presented by Mr Roman Damata, 1969

The original design is held in the collection of the William Morris Society, London (D31).

Details

Date: designed 1878
Object Type: textile
Material: woven wool
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: F283b
Designer: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Presented by Mr Roman Damata, 1969

The original design is held in the collection of the William Morris Society, London (D31).

Details

Date: designed 1878
Object Type: textile
Material: woven wool
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: F283a
Designer: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Presented by Mr Roman Damata, 1969

The original design is held in the collection of the William Morris Society, London (D31).

Details

Date: c.1857
Dimensions: 134.6
Object Type: textile
Material: cotton
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: H12
Attributed designer: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Owner: Morris, William (1834 - 1896)
Owner: Morris (née Burden) | Jane | 1839 | 1914
Credit notes: Presented by Central School of Arts and Crafts (London County Council), 1954.

This woven white cotton sideless gown is part of a group of costume items that also includes a dress and cloak, both also in the collection. They were all reputed to have been designed by William Morris for use as costume props to be worn by models, notably his wife Jane, at the time of the decoration of the Oxford Union murals in 1857. The gown has been linked to a 1858 study by Morris for ‘La Belle Iseult’, his only easel painting which is now in the Tate collection.

Details

Date: c.1857
Dimensions: 132.08
Object Type: textile
Technique: woven
Catalogue number: H11
Designer: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Owner: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Credit notes: Presented by Central School of Arts and Crafts (London County Council), 1954.

This woven cloak white is part of a group of costume items that also includes a dress and sideless gown, also in the collection (H12 and H13). They were all reputed to have been designed by William Morris for use as costume props to be worn by models, notably his wife Jane, at the time of the decoration of the Oxford Union murals in 1857. The gown has been linked to a 1858 study by Morris for ‘La Belle Iseult’, his only easel painting which is now in the Tate collection.

Technique: woven

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